Joan Stroud Thornhill was born Wednesday, September 11, 1929 in Gunter, Texas, the daughter of Edith Griffin Stroud and Herman Leslie Stroud. Joan went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 22, 2016 at Baylor Heart Hospital, Plano.
Joan married Sherman Leon Thornhill in Denison, Texas on September 2, 1960. Joan graduated from Gunter High School in 1947 and WNJ School of Nursing in 1950 with a RN degree. She had a 40 year RN nursing career in Sherman, Texas.
Joan is survived by her husband, Leon of Howe; sister, Kathy Tamburin of Sherman; children, Cindy Freeland and husband, Tom of Brownwood, TX, Butch Thornhill of Allen, TX, and Anna Anderson and husband, Don of Bells, TX. Leon and Joan proudly have 14 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins that she considered her own children.
She was preceded in death by parents; son, Dickie Thornhill; and In-laws, Sherman and Naomi Thornhill.
Funeral services will be held at her home church of 66 years, First Baptist Church Howe, on Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM with visitation immediately following in the church fellowship hall. Pastor Roger Tidwell will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honor of Bowen Thornhill or the Dickie Thornhill Memorial Scholarship Fund, 709 N. Denny, Howe, TX 75459.
