Decatur-Calhoun-Randolph County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ruth Beatrice Weathersby Turner July 14 1975
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1975  Obituary and Memories book from funeral service
Ruth Beatrice Weathersby Turner was born to Henry Stephens Weathersby and Sarah
Jane Mobley on May 13, 1895 in Randolph County, GA. She and her husband, John
Edd Turner, moved from Edison, GA to Bainbridge, GA about 1925 where they raised
their four children. In their declining years Ruth and John Edd moved to Green
Cove Springs, FL to be near their children. Ruth passed away July 14, 1975.
 
Obiturary 

  Mrs. Ruth Turner, aged 80, of 530 Magnolia Avenue, Green Cove Springs, passed
away in a Starke nursing home Monday evening. She was a member of Hickory Grove
Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, John Edd Turner; two daughters,
Wynette (Mrs. Tracy) Saunders of Green Cove Springs and Jane (Mrs. A.M.) Drury,
Jr., of Brunswick, Georgia; two sons, D.C. (Doc) Turner, Green Cove Springs and
Wayne Turner, Orange Park 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 in Hickory Grove
Baptist Church with Rev. J.C. Jones officiating, assisted by Mrs. Turner’s
nephews, Bill and Nelson Weathersby.

  Active pallbearers were all grandsons of Mrs. Turner: Tracy Saunders, Jr., Ed
Saunders, Mills Drury, Gary Drury, Ellis Drury and Terry Turner.

  Honorary pallbearers were Trustees: C.L. Murphy, Hugh Bonds, Carl Wells,
Ronald Anderson, Willard Bland, Talmadge Stuckey and Wylie Brown; members of Mr.
Turner’s Sunday School class: E.E. Batman, Chuck Bohannon, Bruce Brooker, Harmon
Chesser, Thad Crossley, Frank Jones, Walter Lowe, E.E. Noble, Clarence Peeples,
W.J. Atkins, Clayton Taylor, John W. Gillam, W.H. Hatcher, C.C. Wells, Sr.; and
also the members of the Dorcas Sunday School Class: Vera Baxter, Evelyn Bland,
Ailene Bohannon, Estelle Carter, Bonnie Clark, Vada Cameron, Marie Chesser,
Lillie DeWeese, Vera Franklin, Arminda Green, Donnagene Knutsen, Grace Murphy,
Trubie Smith, Etta Wagner and Annie Lee Wilber.
  Interment was in Hickory Grove Cemetery with Helm Funeral Home in charge.

This obituary was printed in the Clay County Cresent, Green Cove Springs, FL
This article was contributed by her granddaughter, Marsha Turner Owens.

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