Funeral service for Mrs. Gladys Bevels Thornton, age 91 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 1:00 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Edd Templeton and Rev. Todd Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Mrs. Thornton passed away Monday evening at Lincoln Care Center.

A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late James Baxter and Addie B. Richardson Bevels, worked for C.Y.’s Laundry for 40 years, and was a member of the Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include her daughters Carol Templeton and husband Ed of Knoxville, Patricia Ann Scott of Fayetteville, sisters Betty Strope of Fayetteville and Frances Nichols of Michigan, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Thornton was preceded in death by her husband Oddie B. Thornton, daughter Linda Fears and son Jerry Wayne Thornton.

Visitation with the family will be Wednesday evening from 5 until 8 pm at Higgins Funeral Home.