James E. Whorton

August 23, 1942 - July 17, 2016

James E. Whorton, age 73, of Hideaway, Texas, died Sunday, July 17, 2016 at a Tyler hospital. He was born in Russellville, Arkansas on August 23, 1942 to Edward Hobson Whorton and Dorothy Clay Whorton. He graduated from Morrilton (AR) High School. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Arkansas State Teacher’s College (now University of Central Arkansas) and his doctorate from Colorado State College (now University of Northern Colorado). He taught special education at the University of Florida and the University of Southern Mississippi until he retired in 2004 and moved to Hideaway in 2006. He is preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jane Whorton of Hideaway; his mother, Dorothy McVay, and her husband, Doyle, of Russellville, Arkansas; his daughter, Julie Fleming, and her husband, John, of Tampa, Florida; his son, James Whorton Jr., and his son’s wife, Kathryn, of Rochester, New York; and his grandchildren, Hayley and Ethan Fleming of Tampa and Nora and Aster Whorton of Rochester.