Jim Stacy Thornton

Jim Stacy Thornton passed from this life on August 30, 2021, at the age of 52.

Stacy was born on November 8, 1968, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma the son of Jim L. and Betty J. (Proffitt) Thornton. Stacy attended school in Hominy later graduating with the Class of 1987. Following high school Stacy joined the United States Army. After the completion of boot camp Stacy was initially stationed at Bamberg Army Base. Stacy was transferred to Ft. Sill Army Base and later united in marriage to Tracy Lou Nicholson on November 23, 1990. Stacy later was transferred to the Hunter Army Airfield where he received his training as a Ranger with the 1st Battalion 75th Regiment. Then on April 5, 1995, Sergeant Stacy Thornton was honorably discharged at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Stacy then gained employment with the Kansas Highway Patrol patrolling in Liberal and Fredonia, Kansas. In 2007, Stacy and Tracy moved their family back to Oklahoma residing in Terlton. During that time he gained employment with Spess Oil Company as their dozer operator. In 2015, he started driving a truck for Anderson Trucking Service hauling parts for windmills throughout the US.

Stacy enjoyed hunting and fishing as well as taking time riding his motorcycle. He was an animal lover and had several different hunting breeds. Going and watching his kids participate in the sporting activities was also things he enjoyed doing. Stacy always enjoyed his food, guns and family being around. Attending the gun shows with his kids and dad were always memorable times.

Survivors are his wife Tracy of Cleveland, Oklahoma; three children Blake Thornton of Muskogee, Oklahoma, Colton Thornton of Cleveland, Oklahoma, Tia Thornton of Cleveland, Oklahoma; father Jim Thornton and step mother Gwen of Cleveland, Oklahoma; sister Kazia Brister of Berryhill, Oklahoma; granddaughter Emery Thornton; step grandfather to two boys; Caleb Archer, and K.C. Keil; and a host of other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by his mother Betty Thornton.

Services will be held 10:00 am, Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at the First Baptist Church in Hominy, Oklahoma with Rev. Mark Formby officiating the services. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Mannford, Oklahoma. Chapman-Black Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. Friends and family may visit an online guest book and memorial page for Stacy at www.chapman-black.com.





Copyright Notice

© 2021 (Chapman-Black Funeral Home)

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This obituary is a work protected under international and federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this compiled work may be reproduced, altered or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author.

The author hereby grants the newspaper the right to publish the compiled work on the dates and location provided in the submission details and further grants to the newspaper the right to reproduce the work electronically in any website or digital medium owned or controlled by the newspaper provided the copy is not altered or modified in any way. The funeral home's website domain must accompany any reproduction of the work. The work must not be used for or by any person for direct commercialized gain in competition with the author, the funeral home, or their respective businesses.

Privacy Disclaimer

The information contained in this Tribute Wall is intended solely for the private use of the families and friends of the deceased to support each other and honour, respect and pay tribute to the memory of the deceased.

Any and all other use is strictly prohibited. Without limiting the foregoing, any reproduction, distribution of the information contained herein, nor any contact or solicitation of any person identified in this work, nor any attempt to use the information in the work is prohibited.