Grave Cleanup Gives Chance to Tell of Reluctant War Hero
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › July 21, 2009
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PASS CHRISTIAN - The headstone of Dr. John Jones "J.J." Thornton, who once commanded the 6th Mississippi Infantry, is in the Live Oak Cemetery in Pass Christian, where he retired as a pharmacist.
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Grave Cleanup Gives Chance to Tell of Reluctant War Hero
His little-known Civil War story will be told Saturday at his graveside...
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