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Daddy, Donald Thornton (1925-1983) - My father, a man with little formal education but much wisdom, who dearly loved his family. "When I tell you the berries are ripe, get your baskets and start pickin'."
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The Thornton Sisters Band, 1965 - From left to right: First row-Rita (piano/keyboards), Linda (drummer and lead vocalist); Second row-Jeanette (electric guitar), Donna-(1944-1993) on tenor saxophone, our mother (Itasker)-(1915-1977) on electric bass, Yvonne (alto saxophone).
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My father, Donald Thornton, with his only grandson, Woody; 1982.
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Baby Kimberly, 1980 - Kimberly and her Mom (Dr. Thornton), three months of age at her Christening, September, 1980.
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Halloween, 1987 - Woody, age 9 (left) as surgeon; Kimberly, age 7 (right) as harem girl.
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Kimberly, 8 years old, dressed for Halloween contest as a cluster of grapes.
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National High School Chess Championships in Dallas, Texas; 1993. Kimberly (age 12) won First Place Individual in the Under 1600 section and Woody won Second Place Individual overall.
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Senior pictures at Teaneck High School. Woody, 1996 and Kimberly, 1998.
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All America Chess Team - From among 28,000 eligible young chessplayers, Woody was selected to be one of the forty-one new members of the All-America Chess Team in 1994.
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