Beckham County, OK - Obits: Albert L. Turner, 1921
Thursday, 28 January 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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TURNER, ALBERT L.
(6 Oct 1921, Elk City News Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
ALBERT L. TURNER BURIED IN DEMPSEY CEMETERY.
Albert L. Turner, who was one of the first of the Roger Mills county boys
to enlist, and who was killed in France, October 25th, 1918, was buried in
the Dempsey cemetery (Roger Mills County) last Sunday afternoon.  The
funeral crowd was estimated to have been between two and three thousand
people.  The funeral was in charge of the American Legion Post of Sayre
assisted by the Legion boys from Cheyenne and Strong City.  Rev. Gibble of
the Christian Church of Sayre preached the funeral sermon.  This has been
said by many to have been the largest funeral attendance ever in Roger
Mills county.
(13 Oct 1921, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
The funeral services of Albert L. Turner, killed in France on October
25th, 1918, were held at the Dempsey cemetery on Sunday afternoon last,
with the largest attendance of any funeral ever held in Roger Mills
county.
As mentioned last week, the body reached this city a week previous, but
was held here to allow arrangements to be made for a full military
funeral, which was in charge of the Sayre post of the American Legion.
The funeral cortege leaving this city on Sunday noon was composed of about
fifty automobiles, conveying the parents of the deceased soldier, members
of the Sayre post American Legion, the Sayre band and a large number of
friends.
All along the road to Dempsey autos were being added to the procession,
and by the time it reached there numbered well toward 100.  At the
cemetery it was found that delegations of American Legion boys from
Cheyenne and Strong City had already assembled, while there was an almost
endless string of automobiles bringing friends from Berlin, Grimes,
Sweetwater and other sections, the total crowd being variously estimated
anywhere between two and three thousand, twenty-five hundred probably
being nearer a correct figure.
Rev. Gibble of the Christian church of this city, preached the funeral
sermon, while the military services at the grave were in charge of Sayre
Post, with Rev. Z. E. Twitty, of the Baptist church, acting as chaplain.

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