Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, J. Sepha, 1969 

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JOE S. TURNER 

  ZUNI - Joe Sepha Turner, 66, a retired farmer, died Sunday afternoon in 
Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of Mrs. Ethel Carr 
Turner and a son of John L. and Mrs. Josephine Spivey [sic*] Turner. 

  He was a member of Colosse Baptist Church. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. W.H. Taylor of Windsor, 
two brothers, Richard Turner and Beecher Turner of Suffolk; and two sisters, 
Mrs. Ralph Turner of Suffolk and Mrs. Alma Carr of Franklin. 

  A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. Joseph McTeer.  Burial will be in Holly 
Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  The family will be at the home of Mrs. W.H. Taylor of Route 258, between 
Walters and Windsor. 

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JOE SEPHA TURNER 

   ZUNI - A funeral service for Joe Sepha Turner was conducted at 3 p.m. 
Tuesday in W.J.M. Holland & Son Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. Joseph 
McTeer.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.

   Pallbearers were George Hedgepeth, G.G. Darden, J.W. Stephens, Rawlston 
Rhodes, Guthrie Ballard, James A. Jones, Ryland Duck and Grafton Spivey.

   Turner, 66, a retired farmer, died Sunday afternoon in Southampton Memorial 
Hospital, Franklin.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of Mrs. Ethel Carr 
Turner and a son of John L. and Mrs. Josephine Spivey Turner. 

   He was a member of Colosse Baptist Church.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. W.H. Taylor of Windsor; 
two brothers, Richard Turner and Beecher Turner of Suffolk; and two sisters, 
Mrs. Ralph Turner of Suffolk and Mrs. Alma Carr of Franklin.


Joe Sepha TURNER, retired farmer, 
b. 14 Jan 1903, Isle of Wight Co., d. 31 Aug 1969, Franklin, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 2 Sep 1969, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 209, Mon., Sep. 1, 1969, p. 8, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #225354725, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum  [no grave photo; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Sep. 4, 1969, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

D.Cert. 66-022535 also gives his mother's maiden name as SPIVEY; 
   it was STEPHENSON.  The informant was Sepha's daughter Mary Louise 
   (TURNER STEPHENSON; Mrs. William Henry) TAYLOR. 

His parents are buried in Colosse Baptist Church, Collosse. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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