DEATH: Died as infant
DEATH: Parkinson's Disease
Brenda Gayle Cain Thornton is a great-grandchild of Freeman Burris Herring, the first child born to James William Cain and Audrey. Brenda was born with a defective limb but in spite of this, she was a very active and intelligent child. She was fitted with a prostheses at the age of 9. This was never a hindrance to her because she was a very determined person, and excelled in most everything she wanted to do.
Brenda is a member of the First Baptist Church, Gladewater, Texas. She attended Kilgore Junior College, Kilgore, Texas; was an aide in the Laboratory Department of Hancock Hospital in Gladewater, Texas, and was the church secretary at the First Baptist Church from 1966 to 1968. She was employed with the Gladewater Savings and Loan Association for 15 years and is now Assistant Vice President in the Loan Department and secretary of the association.