Wayne Thorne

A Celebration of Life Service for Wayne Thorne, 75 of Iuka, MS, will be Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11:00 A M at Magnolia Funeral Home – East Chapel with interment to follow in Snowdown Methodist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites. Visitation will be Tuesday, April 29, 2025 from 5:00 P M to 8:00 P M and Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from 10:00 A M until service time at Magnolia Funeral Home – East. Bro. Tony Curtis will officiate the service. Mr. Thorne passed away Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Tishomingo Manor. He was born August 13, 1949 in Corinth, MS to Spencer Thorne and Reba Jean Holder Thorne. He worked as a security guard at NASA and later in life he worked for CM Solutions. He was a 32nd Degree Mason with the Iuka Lodge #94 and a member of 5th Street Baptist Church. Wayne loved going to auctions, yard sales, church, gospel singings and being with his grandchildren. He enjoyed going on wagon train rides, his horses, watching westerns and taking care of his little dogs. Wayne is survived by his wife of 29 years, Arlene Thorne; his sons, Heath Thorne (Debbie); stepson,  Jim Kilgore (Shelia); 10 grandchildren, David Thorne, Brittany Thorne, Chandler Thorne, Caleb Thorne, Jaxson Thorne, Jayson Thorne, Jordan Kilgore (Caitlyn), Tyler Smith (Brooke), Christian Kilgore (Jessica) and Wrigley Kilgore; 5  great grandchildren, Haydan Strickland, Oaklyn Smith, Fisher Smith, Elena Kilgore, and Henry Alley; his brother, Sammy Thorne; his sister-in-law, Midge Pittman; the mother of his son, Heath, Mary Thorne;  other relatives and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers, Tony Thorne and Gene Thorne. Pallbearers will be Jim Kilgore, Heath Thorne, Jordan Kilgore, Tyler Smith, Rick Jasper, Kevin Lovelace and Don L. Tensley. Magnolia Funeral Home has been honored to serve the family of Mr. Wayne Thorne.