Eugenia Thornton Lucas' Obituary
LUCAS, EFFIE EUGENIA STEWART 102, a devoted mother loving grandmother and great-grand mother passed away Friday, December 16, 2011, at a Bedford care facility. Born to Henry Thomas (H.T.) and Ina Lively Stewart in Argyle on December 18, 1908. She graduated from Denton High School in 1927. She attended College of Industrial Arts in Denton, (now Texas Women’s University) in the late 20’s. She married William Dillard Thornton, on June 28, 1928. They were married 49 years at the time of his death in 1977. Ms. Lucas married E. Herbert Lucas of Dallas on February 21, 1987. They were married six years at the time of his death in 1993. She had worked at Guaranty State Bank, formally Oak Cliff State Bank in Dallas before retiring in 1981. She was a long time member of Tyler Street United Methodist Church and the Yeats Sunday School class. She enjoyed traveling and was member of the Royal Rovers Trailer Club. She and her husband Dillard enjoyed making home movies and joined an 8mm movie club of Dallas in the late 1940’s. Ms. Lucas relocated to Fort Worth in the late 1990’s to Fort Worth in 1999 to be closer to her son and his family. Her only child, D. Stewart Thornton passed away in 2006. Also preceded in death by her brother, John Stewart and sister, Marcella Stewart Henderson. She is survived by her daughter-in-law Annie Belle Barr Thornton of Fort Worth, granddaughters Kellen Diamanti, husband Mike and their sons Trent and Dimitri of Coupeville, Washington, Kathryn Holton and her husband Larry of Fort Worth. Grandsons, David Thornton, his wife Becky of Bedford, Lt. Commander (retired) Scott Thornton, USN his wife Laura, their son Andrew and daughter Ann Marie of Grand Bay, Alabama, and Bruce Thornton, his wife Cheryl and son Brian of Rowlett. Along with several nieces, great nieces a great nephews and great great nieces and great great nephews. Services will be held at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.
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