Wal-Mart worker burns self to death in parking lot

February 27, 2009
Associated Press

"Why daddy why?" These were the cries from Ashley Thrombarton as she cried over the burnt remains of her father. Jerry Thrombarton, a longtime Wal-Mart employee in Huntsville, Alabama, took his own life by burning, using a can of Coleman Kerosen from the sporting goods section, doused it on himself and lit a match. No note was found though several co-workers and friends did approach this reporter stating Mr. Thrombarton had been distraught over the state of his marriage. "She done lied down with a negro," stated one co-worker, who asked to remain anonymous.