God looked around His garden and found an empty place, He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face, he put his arms around you and lifted you to rest.  God's garden must be beautiful. He always takes the best, he saw the road was getting rough, and the hills were hard to climb, so he closed your weary eyelids, and whispered, Peace be thine, broke our hearts to lose you but you didn't go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home.

It's with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of a husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend, Mr. Lernard S. Thornton, Sr.,68, resident of Newark, Delaware who entered eternal rest on Friday, April 5, 2024.

The relatives and friends of Mr. Lernard S. Thornton, Sr., his wife, Mrs. Penzola "Penny" Milton Thornton, his children; Mrs. Latrelle Watkins (Khalif), and Mr. Lernard S. Thornton, Jr., siblings; Mrs. Janice Hagler and Mrs. Erica Jenkins-Singleton, nieces, nephews, cousins, are invited to attend his committal services on Monday, April 22, 2024, 11:00AM, Riverview Memorial Park Cemetery,  3715 Azalea Dr, North Charleston, SC 29405, No visitation. Mr. Thornton a retired lab technician, graduate of Tuskegee University, and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity   Arrangements entrusted to: NORTH AREA FUNERAL HOME, 4784 Gaynor Ave, N. Chas, SC. Tele 843 744-7511.  Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/charleston