Ranger Asa Edwin Thornton, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia

Ranger Asa Edwin Thornton

Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia

End of Watch Saturday, May 19, 1962

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Asa Edwin Thornton

Ranger Asa Thornton succumbed to injuries sustained three weeks earlier when his department vehicle was struck by a drunk driver at the intersection of Lamar Mounds Road and Highway 129 in Bibb County.

Ranger Thornton had served with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for 28 years. He was survived by his wife and one child.

Bio

Age 68
Tour 28 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Vehicular assault
Incident Date Sunday, April 29, 1962
Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved
Offender Not available

Impaired Driver

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I was 9 years old but I remember him so well. My father, mother and I lived in his home on Elm St. We were in Lauren’s county that Sunday morning visiting my grandparents when the Sheriff delivered the news of the accident and we rushed home. He was a grandfather figure to me & I loved him so much. RIP “B0”

Starr Upshaw McCook
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May 30, 2022