Dr. Thornton has been practicing optometry in Thomasville and Moultrie since 2003. Dr. Thornton received his degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prior to joining Thomasville Eye Center and the Moultrie Eye Center he practiced optometry with Vision America at the Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham and was in private practice in Monroeville, Alabama. He resides in Moultrie, Georgia where he and his wife are raising their two daughters.