Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Bessie Hall, 1969 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MRS. BESSIE TURNER WINDSOR - Mrs. Bessie Hall Turner, 78, died Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, after illness of several weeks. A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a member of Windsor Christian Church and a life member of the Martha S. Persons Bible Class. She was the widow of Howard Wallace Turner and a daughter of Wiley W. and Mrs. Etta Harrison Hall. Surviving are two foster sisters, Miss Violet Griffin and Mrs. Hattie Griffin Fitton of Windsor; and three foster brothers, Charles D. Griffin of Suffolk, and J.C. Griffin and Harry M. Griffin of Windsor. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Windsor Christian Church by the Rev. Arthur Knauer and the Rev. William A. Grissom. Burial will be in Windsor Cemetery. The body will be taken from I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home to the church at 1 p.m. Saturday. Bessie (HALL; Mrs. W. Howard) TURNER, b. 22 Feb 1891, Isle of Wight Co., d. 18 Sep 1969, Suffolk, interred in Windsor Cemetery*, 20 Sep 1969, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 225, Fri., Sep. 19, 1969, p. 5 *Additional information: Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #26: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #185836915. D.Cert. 69-027797 Her father's (donated, 1921) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h400w1ob.txt He is listed in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt He may be unmarked, or buried elsewhere. He does not appear on IWCHS GSSTF report #20. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/t656b1ob.txt