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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> 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
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 name=findagrave>{{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>