Leslie D. Thornton

Leslie D. Thornton

Mrs. Leslie D. Thornton, 49, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Thursday, July 8, 2004 in Ocean Springs.

Mrs. Thornton was born December 5, 1954 in Sagamiara, Japan. She studied at the Institute of Spanish Studies at the University of Spain, and also studied French Literature at the University of Paris in Nanterre, France. She was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. Mrs. Thornton was a former French and Spanish teacher at St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis, MS, where she started the school's first swim team. She was a former French and Spanish teacher and swim coach at Mercy Cross High School in Biloxi, MS. She was currently employed at Ocean Springs High School as a Spanish teacher. She was of the Catholic faith.

Mrs. Thornton was preceded in death by her father, Major Raymond Ralf Drake, and her brother-in-law Robert Thornton. She is survived by her husband, Gregory Mickoul Thornton; daughter Atalie Leslie Thornton; son Michel Joseph Thornton; mother, Colette Margot Chevrier Drake; sister, Barbara Ray Drake; brother Henri Leslie Drake; half-brother, Richard Drake; cousin Elie Anne Chevrier Lewis; niece Alexandra Drake; nephews Sylvain, Emmanuel, and Elie Munos d'Avilla and Robert Thornton II; mother & father-in-law Shirley and Joe Thornton; and sister-in-law Jo Love Thornton.

Services will be held Monday, July 12, 2004, 11:00 a.m. at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, where friends may visit two hours prior to service time. Burial will follow at Southern Memorial Park in Biloxi.