Ophelia “Mandy” Thornton, daughter of the late Stanford Wilson and Mandy Jones Wilson, was born in Boyle, Mississippi on August 31, 1943 and departed this life at her home in Parma, Missouri on April 9, 2018 at the age of 74.

Ms. Thornton was a homemaker and was a member of Jubilee  House of Prayer in Sikeston, Missouri.

Survivors include one son, Simeon Thornton of Sikeston, Missouri; by seven daughters, Barbara Johnson & husband Leon of Parma, Missouri, Cynthia Holmes & husband Eddie of Columbia, Missouri, Leslie Johnson of Parma, Missouri, Loretta Thornton of Sikeston, Missouri, April Lee & husband Laverne of Sikeston, Missouri, Brandy Hamlin & husband Joel of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Terry Thornton of Sikeston, Missouri; by five sisters, Nelvia Rainey of Parma, Missouri, Estelle Smith of Detroit, Michigan, Annie Johns of Malden, Missouri, Beatrice Johnson of Malden, Missouri and Robbie Bills & husband Dallas of Fruitland, Missouri; by twenty three grandchildren and twenty four great-grandchildren; also by other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death other than by her parents,by one daughter, Regina Williams;  by two brothers, Willie Moore and Henry Wilson; by one sister, Clara Sullivan; by one grandson.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Saturday, April 14, 2018 from 11:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M.  Funeral services will then be conducted on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 12:00 Noon in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel.   Interment will follow in the Stanfield Cemetery, Clarkton, Missouri.  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.