Lois Virginia Ferguson Thornton was born Jan. 6, 1923, in Three Rivers, Texas, to Robert Ferguson and Nellie Reynolds. She passed away on July 25, 2020 at the age of 97. Virginia, as she was known by most, married the love of her life, Forrest E. (Jack) Thornton, and together they were married for 63 years plus, until Jack’s passing on May 9, 2004. To this marriage there were three children born, Jerry Edward, Susan Kay and Patricia Ann. Virginia is survived by her son Jerry and his wife Gina of Lawton, Oklahoma, son-in-law George White of Garden Ridge, Texas, her grandchildren Carin Thornton,