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THORPE, B.J.

contributed by Bessie Meredith

BORN: OCTOBER 27, 1934
DIED: SEPTEMBER 22, 2000

The graveside service for B. J. Thorpe will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Veterans for Veterans will officiate.

Mr. Thorpe, 65, of Trail, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2000, in Trail.

He was born Oct. 27, 1934, in Valliant, Okla., a son of H.G. and Lizzy Thorpe.

On March 14, 1959, in Sweet Home, he married Johnny Harris, who survives.

Mr. Thorpe was a timber faller for various logging companies in Eastern Oregon. He served in the U. S. Army from 1957 to 1963.

Mr. Thorpe moved to the Rogue Valley in 1995. He was a member of the Lions Club in Dale.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gun smithing.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, John, Trail; a daughter, Cindy Thorpe, Rapid City, S.D.; three brothers, Wayne, Roy and Troy; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Davis; and a grandson.

Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.