Obituary

Funeral services for the Rev. E.D. Throckmorton, 82, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Assembly of God Church with the Rev. John Norvell, World Missions Director of the Pentecostal Church of God in Joplin, Mo., officiating, assisted by the Rev. Randy Santiago, pastor. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens by Bartley-Silva Funeral Home. Rev. Throckmorton died Friday, July 19, 2002, in Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. He was born Sept. 27, 1919, in Jacksboro and married Bonnie Anderson on May 17, 1937, in Lubbock. He had been a minister for 59 years, licensed by the Pentecostal Church of God. He pastored churches in Roswell, N.M., Woodsboro, Dumas, Lubbock and Plainview. He served as district superintendent for the North Texas District of the Pentecostal Church of God. He also was presbyter of the Southwest Texas District. He received an honorary doctorate in San Marcos from the Pentecostal Church of God organization. An Army veteran of World War II, he had lived in Plainview since 1964 and attended First Assembly of God Church. Surviving are his wife; two daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Ferral Howard of Ardmore, Okla., and Gwen and Albert Thrasher of Plainview; a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Naomi Throckmorton of Marlow, Okla.; a brother, Edward C. Throckmorton of Mineral Wells; seven grandchildren, Mike and Keith Howard of Ardmore, Okla., Shannon and Tory Thrasher of Plainview, Dusty Throckmorton of Westville, Okla., Brad Throckmorton of Tulsa, Okla., and Brandie Plummer of Pope, Miss.; and 11 great-grandchildren. The seven grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Three brothers, Leo, Otis and J.T. Throckmorton; four sisters, Florence Swinney, Minnie Grace Williams, Carrie Hodges and Ruth Throckmorton; and his parents, John and Lue Throckmorton, are deceased. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. today at the funeral home and suggests memorials to First Assembly of God, 1300 N. Interstate 27, Plainview, TX 79072
Plainview Daily Herald - July 21, 2002