Personal Life
Thornton is married to Stephen T. Thornton, Ph.D., of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She has two stepsons, Kenneth and Michael Thornton, and three daughters, Carol Hood, Laura Thornton and Susan Thornton. In her spare time she enjoys skiing and Scuba diving. Both of her biological parents, Mr. William C. Cordell and Mrs. Elizabeth Cordell, are deceased while her adoptive father lives in Smithville, Texas. Her adoptive mother is deceased.
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