Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, William S., 1954 

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WILLIAM SEPHA TURNER

YOUNG FARMER DIES OF INJURIES

   Funeral services for William Sepha Turner, 24, young farmer and native of 
the Colosse community, were conducted last Sunday at the Mt. Carmel Christian 
Church by the Rev. Curtis Hoffman, pastor of the Colosse Baptist church, and 
the Rev. Ellis Clark, pastor of the Christian Church.  He was buried in Holly 
Lawn Cemetery.

   Young Turner was crushed when a tractor overturned while working it on his 
father’s farm on June 2.  He lingered until last Friday.  A graduate of 
Windsor High School, he was well known in the community where he had spent his 
brief life.

   He was the son of J. Sepha and Ethel Carr Turner of Windsor, a member of 
Colosee Baptist Church and the Order of Woodman of the World.

   Besides his parents, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. W.H. Taylor of 
Portsmouth.

   Funeral arrangements were made by the W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in 
Franklin.

   Pallbearers were William Edwards, Bennie Duck, Thurmond Parker, George H. 
Hedgepeth, Claud Scott, Newman Beale, Jr., Bobby Carr, and Gerald White.


William Sepha TURNER, farmer- crushed by tractor 2 Jun 1954, 
Collosse native, d. 11 Jun 1954, Franklin, age 24, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 13 Jun 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 17, 1954 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 


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