OBITS: TURNBLAZER, John Lewis - 5 Jan 2000 - Whitley Co, KY
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:32:35 -0500
Submitted by: Bobbie Lewallen (TNGirl@icx.net)

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FROM THE NEWS-JOURNAL, CORBIN, KY, 13 JAN 2000

John Lewis Turnblazer, 76, Corbin, formerly of Jellico, Tennessee, passed
away Wednesday, January 5, 2000 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. A
native of Jellico, TN, he was born December 11, 1923 to the late William and
Sally Jenkins Turnblazer. He attended Jellico High School, the University of
Tennessee, and Cumberland College, and had been active in alumni affairs of
Jellico High School and Cumberland College. John served in the U.S. Navy in
the south Pacific during World War II. Later he became a construction
inspector.

A 34-year resident of Corbin, he belonged to the V.F.W. and the First
Baptist Church of Jellico. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Turnblazer;
a son, John L. Turnblazer II of Jacksboro, Tennessee; four step-children,
Arlene Perkins, Janice Gregory, and Sharon Jervis of Corbin and Chris Brasel
of Dayton, Ohio; one brother, William Turnblazer of Middlesboro; two
grandchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, nine step-great-grandchildren and two
nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday, January 9 at the O'Neil
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Johnny Jervis and John Clifton officiating.
Burial was in the Jellico Cemetery. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
O'Neil Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.