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==Death==
==Death==
Thorn died in 2014 of [[Parkinson's disease]] while in hospice care in Ridgeland in Madison County, Mississippi. He was a [[Southern Baptist]]. He is interred at Port Hudson National Cemetery in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130129714/jesse-dale-thorn|title=Jesse Dale Thorn|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref> Thorn was survived by his brother, Truett Noris Thorn (1935-2020), </,ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206804097/truett-noris-thorn|title=A1C Truett Noris Thorn|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref> and Truett's second wife, the former Brenda Gremillion; the couple had retired to Denham Springs in Livingston Parish. Truett Thorn was a softball coach at West Monroe High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/West_Monroe_High_School_Rebelaire_Yearbook/1983/Page_40.html
Thorn died in 2014 of [[Parkinson's disease]] while in hospice care in Ridgeland in Madison County, Mississippi. He was a [[Southern Baptist]]. He is interred at Port Hudson National Cemetery in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130129714/jesse-dale-thorn|title=Jesse Dale Thorn|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref> He was survived by his brother, Truett Noris Thorn (1935-2020), </,ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206804097/truett-noris-thorn|title=A1C Truett Noris Thorn|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref> and Truett's second wife, the former Brenda Gremillion; the couple had retired to Denham Springs in Livingston Parish. Truett Thorn was a softball coach at West Monroe High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/West_Monroe_High_School_Rebelaire_Yearbook/1983/Page_40.html
|title=West Monroe High School (Class of 1983)|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref>
|title=West Monroe High School (Class of 1983)|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref>
who was elected in 1966 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the West Monroe City Council under then [[Mayor]] [[Bert Hatten]], also an alumnus of the Monroe newspapers.<ref>''The Lake Charles American Press,'' June 15, 1966, p. 10.</ref> Truett Thorn, a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]], is also interred at Port Hudson Natonal Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=195257571|title=Truett Thorn obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=February 4, 2020|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref>
who was elected in 1966 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the West Monroe City Council under then [[Mayor]] [[Bert Hatten]], also an alumnus of the Monroe newspapers.<ref>''The Lake Charles American Press,'' June 15, 1966, p. 10.</ref> Truett Thorn, a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]], is also interred at Port Hudson Natonal Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=195257571|title=Truett Thorn obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=February 4, 2020|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref>
Former state Senator [[Armand Brinkhaus]], a Democrat from Sunset in St. Landry Parish who served from 1968 to 1996, wrote that his own recollection of Thorn "goes back to his work with Edwin Edwards in Congress ... He was a remarkable man, inventive, a leader, and a survivor. May God bless him and his family."<ref name=jdthorn/>
Former state Senator [[Armand Brinkhaus]], a Democrat from Sunset in St. Landry Parish who served from 1968 to 1996, wrote that his own recollection of Thorn "goes back to his work with Edwin Edwards in Congress ... He was a remarkable man, inventive, a leader, and a survivor. May God bless him and his family."<ref name=jdthorn/>