Billy Jo "Pistol" Thornton

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Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home - Kaufman

Posted event

February 17, 2026

Feb

Memorial service

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Parker - Ashworth Funeral Home

2217 S Washington, Kaufman, TX 75142

Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home - Kaufman

Posted an obituary

February 17, 2026

Billy Thornton Obituary

Billy Jo “Pistol” Thornton, 85, passed away on February 17, 2026.Born on July 17, 1940, and raised in Purcell, Oklahoma. He learned the value of hard work at an early age. As a young man, he ran a dairy before eventually moving to Texas, where... Read Billy Thornton's Obituary