Seventh Generation

2682. Lee Eugene THORNBURG was born on 11 July 1914 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 21 October 1987 at the age of 73 in Caldwell County, North Carolina. He was buried in Eastview Cemetery, Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Lee Eugene THORNBURG and Katherine Louise REESE were married on 15 March 1941 in Catawba County, North Carolina. Katherine Louise REESE, daughter of George Henry REESE and Fannie WHITENER, was born on 29 September 1916 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 1 January 1996 at the age of 79 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina. She was buried in Eastview Cemetery, Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Lee Eugene THORNBURG and Katherine Louise REESE had the following children:

5051	i.	Clyde Alvin THORNBURG was born on 3 February 1943 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 7 April 1944 at the age of 1 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. He was buried in Eastview Cemetery, Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina.
5052	ii.	Nancy Katherine THORNBURG was born on 13 December 1947 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 8 January 2013 at the age of 65 in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. She was buried in Eastview Cemetery, Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. Her obituary appeared as follows: CONOVER Nancy Katherine Thornburg, 65, of Conover, passed away, Jan. 8, 2013, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. Born, Dec. 13, 1947, in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late Lee Eugene and Katherine Louise Reese Thornburg. Nancy was a charter member of First United Methodist Church, Conover, where she was the church historian, served on various committees, and was an officer of the United Methodist Women, at the church, and the district level. She had worked for Holloway and Mast, CPA, and earlier in life was an avid bowler. Survivors include brothers, and sisters-in-law, Wayne and Virginia Thornburg, of Conover, and Harold and Ruthie Thornburg, of Conover; nephews and nieces, Ronald Thornburg, of Conover, Alan Thornburg and wife, Jamie, of Conover, Michael Thornburg, of Conover, Mark Thornburg and wife, Shannon, of Taylorsville, Derrick Thornburg, of Conover, Laurie Cashion and husband, Michael, of Conover, and Jeff Thornburg and wife, Kim, of Conover; great nephews, Logon, Tucker, and Lee; aunts, Cecil Mae Feather and husband, Nevin, of Hickory, and Holten Thornburg, of Conover; and numerous cousins. A Service of Remembrance, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at First United Methodist Church, Conover. The Revs. Mickey Moree and Dixon Adams, will officiate, and burial will follow in Eastview Cemetery, Newton. The family will receive friends, Wednesday, Jan. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home, Newton. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 235, Conover, NC 28613. Condolences may be sent to the Thornburg family at willis reynoldsfh.com. The Thornburg family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory of Newton. [Published in Hickory Daily Record on January 9, 2013]