Docia Thornberry, 83, of Kansas, AL, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Ridgeview Nursing Home. There will be a graveside service Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 2 p.m. at Walker Memory Gardens with weather permitting. If inclement weather it will be held at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. Roger Watkins will officiate.
She was born and reared in Carbon Hill and after graduating from high school, she started working for Southern “Maw Bell” Bell Telephone Company. She lived in Wilmington, DE, for 20 years and retired from the phone company there with 30 years of service. At that time she returned to her beloved Walker County with the love of her life, her husband of 60 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Cicero and Maudie Wheeler; siblings, Ava Wheeler Taylor, Louise Wheeler Hendrix, R.C. Wheeler, and Bill Wheeler.
She is survived by her husband, Jack Thornberry; siblings, Era Wheeler Scruggs and Faye Wheeler Kendrick; sister-in-law, Barbara Wheeler.