Nansemond-York-Montgomery County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Lucy L. Wells, 1947 

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LUCY LEE WELLS TURNER 

Wife Of Former Messick Pastor Dies; Rites Today 

  Mrs. Lucy Lee Wells Turner, 49, wife of the Rev. C. Ambrose Turner, pastor 
of Whisner Methodist church, Blacksburg, died early yesterday in a 
Christiansburg hospital after a short illness.  The Rev. Mr. Turner is the 
former pastor of East York Methodist church in the Messick area, and Mrs. 
Turner is a sister of Mrs. Frances Wells Rowe of this city. 

   She is survived also by her husband, a son, C.A. Turner, III, her mother, 
Mrs. George H. Wells of Suffolk, and three brothers, Herman O., Jake E., and 
George I. Wells, all of Suffolk. 

  Funeral services will be held at Whisner Memorial Methodist church, 
Blacksburg, at 2:30 this afternoon and burial will be tomorrow afternoon in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 

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 MRS. LUCY WELLS TURNER 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Wells Turner, formerly of Suffolk, who died 
Saturday at her home in Blacksburg [sic*], were held at 2 o'clock today at the 
grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Dr. John H. Blakemore, Dr. R.P. Riddick and 
Rev. C.T. Topping officiated. 

  The pall was of Easter lilies, red roses and white carnations and 
snapdragons.  Pallbearers were R.D. Bell, R.V. Evans, Thomas H. Birdsong, Jr., 
Dr. G.R. Joyner, Marshall Andrews, P.M. Burton, Thomas C. Harrell and Vernon 
O. Ford. 


Lucy Lee (WELLS; Mrs. Clarence Ambrose Jr.) TURNER, 
b. 14 Dec 1898, Suffolk, d. 22 Mar 1947, Christiansburg, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 19*), Suffolk, 24 Mar 1947, 
donated obit, publication unknown, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #95166414, 
   by Cathy Welch Glover; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 2, Mon., Mar. 24, 1947, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Her parents, George Hartwell & Carrie Viola (HARRELL) WELLS, 
   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 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - are also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #95166414, as is a scan of D.Cert. 6768 
   (Christiansburg #21) - also added by Cathy Welch Glover. 

Her husband (1901 - 1990) remarried in 1949, but is buried with Lucy. 

Her brother George Irby "Buck" WELLS (1906 - 1969) is buried in 
   Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Their sister Frances Elmora (WELLS; Mrs. B.B.) ROWE (1914 - 1991), 
   is buried in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton. 


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