Thornton Cain Jr., 75, also fondly known as Booster and Cain, was born October 24, 1950, in Greensboro, GA to the late Thornton Cain, Sr., and the late Rosa Bell Simms Cain. He was the oldest of six children to this union. He transitioned peacefully on December 24, 2025, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington D.C.