LAMAR COUNTY GA Obit Turner, George Thurston File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge barbarawinge@yahoo.com http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/lamar/obits/turner.txt THE BARNESVILLE NEWS-GAZETTE Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia May 5, 1972 MR. G. T. TURNER DIES IN HOSPITAL Mr. George Thurston Turner, 73, of Old 41 Highway, Barnesville, Ga., died Tuesday night, May 2, 1972, in St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, where he had been a patient for 8 days. A native of Butts County, Ga. He was the son of the late Mr. Andrew Jackson Turner, and the late Mrs. Sally Thurston Turner and had lived in Barnesville over 40 years. Mr. Turner was a Baptist and was the owner and operator of the Pine Crest Bar-B-Que Restaurant for 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Belle Ware Turner, 1 son, Troy Turner, 1 Grandson Terry Turner, and 1 great grandson, all of Barnesville. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Brantley Harwell officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Haisten Funeral Home, Barnesville was in charge of plans. The News-Gazette joins friends in expressing sympathy to the family. (Submitted by Barbara Walker Winge, barbarawinge@yahoo.com) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============