Wilcox-Jackson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Turk, Charles Baxter June 20, 1959
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clipping from unnamed Georgia newspaper, June 1959
Charles Turk Dies Following Lengthy Illness
     Charles Baxter Turk, 75, of Pitts died Saturday at his home following a 
lengthy illness.  Born in Jackson County, the son of Alex[ander] A. and Amanda 
Bellew [sic; Ballew] Turk, he was a member of Pitts Baptist Church, W. O. W., 
and was a retired farmer.
     He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy E. Moore; five sons, D. E. 
Turk, Abbeville, G. E. Turk, Morris Turk, Emerson Turk, all of Pitts, and 
Clifton Turk of Perry; four daughters, Mrs. Ellen Elkins and Mrs. Sara 
Maynard, both of Atlanta, Mrs. Ethelene Sumner, Wrightsville, Mrs. Clara 
Brunson, Albany; one brother, T. N. Turk, Cordele; one sister, Mrs. S. B. 
Archer, Jefferson; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services were conducted Sunday, June 21, at 4 p.m. from Pitts 
Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Willis officiating, assisted by the Rev. 
Earl Powell.  The Ellis Quartet of Cordele sang.  Pallbearers were Wyatt 
Miller, L. O. Peebles, D. E. Canthell [sic?; Cantrell], Jack Dowdy, J. L. 
Faircloth and Ernest Braziel Jr.
     Interment was in Pitts Cemetery with Jamerson Funeral Home in charge of 
arrangements.

Additional Comments:
Charles Baxter Turk was born on 24 September 1883 in Jefferson, Jackson Co., 
GA.  He married Nancy Elizabeth Moore on 26 December 1906 in Wilcox Co., GA.

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