Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, R. Howell, 1961 

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R. Howell Turner

   SUFFOLK - R. Howell Turner, 46, retired Navy chief warrant officer, a 
Nansemond County native, died Tuesday at Vermont, N. H., where he was 
vacationing.  He lived at Waltham, Mass.

   He served in the Navy 22 years and twice survived ships sunk in combat. 
He fought in the European and Pacific theaters of World War II and in the 
Korean Conflict.

   His parents were E. L. and Annie Howell of Nansemond County.

   Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Crowley; four sisters, Mrs. Hurley 
Nelms, and Mrs. Larry Jones of Suffolk, Mrs Bertie Atkinson of Detroit and 
Mrs. D. R. Dickson of San Diego, Calif.; and two brothers, Joel E. Turner of 
Detroit and Lester B. Turner of San Diego.

   The body will arrive here Saturday at 7:05 a.m. via Norfolk & Western 
Railway.  A funeral service will be conducted in I. O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home 
Sunday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. R. E. Brittle with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 
The family will be at the home of Mrs. Nelms, 117 Wellons St.


Roland Howell TURNER, of Waltham, MA, 
retired Navy chief warrant officer- veteran of WW-II & Korea, 
b. 8 Jul 1915, Nansemond Co., d. 11 Jul 1961, Vermont, NH, age 46, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 45*), Suffolk, 16 Jul 1961, 
© "The Virginian-Pilot," (Norfolk, VA), Thursday, July 13, 1961 

*His parents are buried in the same lot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

Notes: 

R. Howell Turner is Roland Howell Turner. 
E. L. Howell is Emanuel Lafayette Turner. 
Annie Howell is Annie L. "Tissie" Howell. 
Mrs. Hurley Nelms is his sister Elsie L. Turner Nelms. 
Mrs. Larry Jones is his sister Annie Maye Turner Jones.  She remarried, to 
   Dennis Ray Dixon. 
Mrs. D. R. Dickson is "Dicey" Turner- not sure if that is a nickname or not. 

His mother’s obit ("Virginian-Pilot," July 15, 1935) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/t656a6ob.txt 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Keith Howell (m0aje@yahoo.com), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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