My happy neighbor - loved music, movies, his guy friends. In Jr. High, we used to walk to lunch w/him and Neal Brown, etc. When his parents separated, his life turned upside down. My friend Rhonda Boydston Knight and I visited him in his dad's apartment and found him deeply depressed. He was so loved by his family, but was unable to embrace that love and be lifted out of his anguish. Shortly after, he took his own life and left so many friends, classmates and family who loved him and continue to miss him. I will always think fondly of my neighbor and friend Jack Thorne.
This is a terrible picture of Jack. He was fun and funny. He had a car he could start only by pushing until somehow the power kicked in. My friend Debbie Stanberry and I were shocked and crushed when we learned of his suicide in 1971. Later, in my years teaching high school, I wondered how many of my students seemed happy but were really in the kind of pain Jack must have been going through.
You were so talented, intelligent and funny. I'll always remember you impersonating a water sprinkler so many decades before it was done on Dancing With The Stars. I'm glad we were friends for even that brief period of time. I hope you are at peace.
Though I didn't know Jack well we traveled in similar circles. For whatever reason I was present when Jack attepted suicide by overdose. We were in the parking lot of the Broncho Theater, he was very sick and several were there to support him though the induced sickness that followed. Later, when he took his life several of us heard and traveled to the hospital where he'd been taken. We all waited with the anxiety of the unknown until the doctor came out and told us of the pronouncement. I know I was shocked as I hoped for a different outcome. Over the years I have thought of Jack and the lessons he provided me. Whenever circumstances, situations and when life wore me down I remembered Jack and tried to remember the permanancy of his decision. My sitiuations were always temperary even though it felt like I might never recover. Thank you Jack for teaching me a most valuable lesson. It's good to see you are remembered.
Ann Reed (Turner)
My happy neighbor - loved music, movies, his guy friends. In Jr. High, we used to walk to lunch w/him and Neal Brown, etc. When his parents separated, his life turned upside down. My friend Rhonda Boydston Knight and I visited him in his dad's apartment and found him deeply depressed. He was so loved by his family, but was unable to embrace that love and be lifted out of his anguish. Shortly after, he took his own life and left so many friends, classmates and family who loved him and continue to miss him. I will always think fondly of my neighbor and friend Jack Thorne.
Paula Abel (Shumpert)
This is a terrible picture of Jack. He was fun and funny. He had a car he could start only by pushing until somehow the power kicked in. My friend Debbie Stanberry and I were shocked and crushed when we learned of his suicide in 1971. Later, in my years teaching high school, I wondered how many of my students seemed happy but were really in the kind of pain Jack must have been going through.
Kathy Whisler (Green)
You were so talented, intelligent and funny. I'll always remember you impersonating a water sprinkler so many decades before it was done on Dancing With The Stars. I'm glad we were friends for even that brief period of time. I hope you are at peace.Richard Boyd
Though I didn't know Jack well we traveled in similar circles. For whatever reason I was present when Jack attepted suicide by overdose. We were in the parking lot of the Broncho Theater, he was very sick and several were there to support him though the induced sickness that followed. Later, when he took his life several of us heard and traveled to the hospital where he'd been taken. We all waited with the anxiety of the unknown until the doctor came out and told us of the pronouncement. I know I was shocked as I hoped for a different outcome. Over the years I have thought of Jack and the lessons he provided me. Whenever circumstances, situations and when life wore me down I remembered Jack and tried to remember the permanancy of his decision. My sitiuations were always temperary even though it felt like I might never recover. Thank you Jack for teaching me a most valuable lesson. It's good to see you are remembered.