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Thornton Dial, Sr.

Thornton Dial, Sr.
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Thornton Dial, Sr.
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Thornton Dial, Sr.

American, 1928–2016
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Birth placeEmelle (near), Alabama, United States
Death placeMcCalla, Alabama, United States
Biographyb. Sumter County, Alabama, September 10, 1928.
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