Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, William L., 1906 

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ISLE OF WIGHT COURT HOUSE. 

[...] 

  Our neighborhood lost one of its oldest citizens last week in the death of 
Mr. W.L. Turner, who died Wednesday evening, April 16th [sic; 18th], at the 
age of 74 years.  Mr. Turner was a member of the Christian church at this 
place and a veteran of the Civil War.  The surviving members of his company 
attended the funeral in a body.  He was the father of eleven children, those 
surviving him are Mrs. W.T. Murphy, Mrs. J.W. Whitley, Mrs. Robert Reynolds 
and Mrs. S.T. Gay, Messrs. Lewis A., H.A., J.E. and Zach Turner.  The people 
of this community extend to the family their sincerest sympathies. 

[...] 


William Lewis TURNER, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 1 Feb 1832, Isle of Wight Co., d. 18 Aug 1906, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in the family cemetery, off Bob White Rd., 
listed in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 1, No. 27, Fri., Apr. 27, 1906, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

A photo of William & wife Dinwiddie (1843 - 1895) - added by Debbie Rossi 
   Scott - and several of his plot & gravestone - added by Shannon Zaichenko - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #195401224.  The family plot is shown 
   & described as being in a field off Bowling Green Rd. (Rt. "652"); however, 
   while the cemetery is closest to Bowling Green Rd. (Rt. 644), it is only 
   accessible off Bob White Rd. (Rt. 652), about a mile south of Courthouse 
   Hwy.  [No Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report.] 

His parents, Armstrong & Mary Ann (SEEDS) TURNER, are buried in the TURNER 
   family cemetery, off Harry Wilson Rd. (Rt. 652), about a mile south of 
   Courthouse Hwy.  IWCHS GSSTF report #34: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

He served as First Sergeant of Co. E, 9th VA Infantry.  He was captured at 
   Five Forks, 1 Apr 1865. 


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File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

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