Obituary of JAMES RILEY TURNER, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  February 3, 1938, Thursday

Headline:  J. R. Turner Dies at Home in Dry Prong Sunday, January 30

On January 30, 1938, at 6:30 a.m., James Riley Turner, father of J. A. 
Turner, died of dropsy.

Mr. Turner, who was a farmer, died at his home at Dry Prong, La., where he 
had resided for fifty-five years and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery January 
31st, at 3:00 p.m.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Pollock and the Baptist Church at 
Bently, La.

Mr. Turner is survived by the following:  J. A. Turner, Jena, G. H. Turner, 
Dry Prong, C. J. Turner, Colfax, sons; Mrs. C. M. Fuller, Julia Turner, Dry 
Prong, daughters; A. D. Turner, Bentley, brother; Mrs. J. Cryer, Mrs. H. 
Smith, Dry Prong, sisters.

Funeral services were conducted by Kinner and Stevens.