Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Richard J., 1972 

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RICHARD JAMES TURNER

   ZUNI - A funeral service for Richard James Turner was held Tuesday at 
2:30 p.m. at the Purviance Funeral Chapel in Wakefield.  Rev. Brian Tiffany 
officiated.

   Burial with Masonic rites was held in Central Hill Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were C. Morrison Butler, E. Roland Lewis, William Uzzell, J. 
Herman Bowden, Harvey Crocker, Walter Joyner, T.M. Carr Jr. and Lawrence B. 
Carr.

   Turner, 86, died July 23 at Patrick Henry Hospital after a long illness.

   He was a member of Isle of Wight County, member of the Bethany Presbyterian 
Church, Woodmen of the World and Blackwater Masonic Lodge 134.

   He was a retired carpenter.

   He is survived by his wife Rosa Carr of Zuni; three sons, D. Alfred Turner, 
Newport News, Richard J. Turner Jr., Hampton and Earnest E. Turner, Ivor; two 
daughters Mrs. Edgar C. Barrett, Hampton, Mrs. J.C. Johnson Jr., Newport 
News; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.


Richard James TURNER, retired carpenter, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 23 Jul 1972, Newport News, age 86, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 25 Jul 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 27, 1972, Sect. A, p. 5 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list (#56): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents may be buried there as well - there is as fragmentary name 
   recorded from a metal marker, possibly James' father Matthew E. TURNER. 
   See Note #5. 


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