The 2011 Thornton Family Reunion document lists the names and memorial quotes for over 20 deceased family members. It includes Mary Thornton Brandon and daughter Mary Brandon, James "Bobby" Thornton, Thorton Brandon, William Howard Thornton Sr., George Brandon, Roy Brandon, Lillian Wright, Leslie Wright, Franklin Wright III, Rebecca Marsh, Hazel Adams, Margaret Sanders, Justine Adams, Renee Adams, Mina Adams, Wakiel Adams, Ellis Brown Sr., Raymond Brown Sr., and Raymond "Ray Ray" Pace Brown III. The quotes honor their memories and note that those who have passed on live on in the hearts and memories of their loved ones.

1. 2011 Thornton Family Reunion “Those who are no longer with us, but remain in our memories and in our hearts”

2. Mary Thornton Brandon and daughter Mary Brandon “Death leaves a heartache No one can heal, but Love leaves a memory No one can steal” ~ Unknown Author [insert picture]

3. James “Bobby” Thornton “Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear.” ~Unknown Author

4. Thornton Brandon “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” ~Thomas Campbell

5. William Howard Thornton, Sr. “Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” -- Unknown Author

6. George Brandon “Do not cry for me, I am not gone.I am walking with the Lord in His heavenly light.” ~Ruby Heintz

7. Roy Brandon “No farewell words were spoken. No time to say goodbye. You were gone before we knew it. And only God knows why.” ~Unknown Author

8. Lillian Wright “Those we have held in our arms for a little while, We hold in our hearts forever.” ~Unknown Author

9. Leslie Wright Gone, but not forgotten…

10. Franklin Wright, III

11. Rebecca Marsh “It is the little things that we remember, the quiet moments, the smiles, the laughter..It is these little things that help push pain away and bring the smiles back again” ~Unknown Author

12. Hazel Adams Now you're goneWe're left to carry onIn the wind I hear your songWith every passing hourI'm feeling more aloneBut we will meet againSomeday… ~ Blackmore’s Night

13. Margaret Sanders “If tears could build a stairway, and memoires a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.” ~Unknown Author

14. Justine Adams Your memory lives on in our hearts.

15. Renee Adams “ For death is not more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” ~ William Penn

16. Mina Adams “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose… All that we love deeply becomes part of us.” ~Helen Keller

17. Wakiel Adams Heaven’s Little Angel

18. Ellis Brown, Sr. “No person is ever truly alone. Those who live no more, Whom we loved, Echo still within our thoughts, Our words, our hearts” ~ Richard Fife

19. Raymond Brown, Sr. “When someone you love becomes a memory The memory becomes a treasure” ~Unknown Author

20. Raymond “Ray Ray” Pace Brown, III “We had so little time to share,Too soon, I had to leave.I know how much you love me,I know how much you grieve.I know how sharp your pain is,I feel the aching in your hearts.My life so quickly endedBefore it barely had a start.” ~Charlotte Collins