Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Walter T., 1948 

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Walter Tony Turner 

  Suffolk, June 4 - Funeral services for Walter Tony Turner, 56, who died in 
Suffolk Thursday, will be held by the Rev. B.A. Riddle at the I.O. Hill 
Funeral Home Sunday at 4 p.m.  Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  A retired Virginian Railway engineer, Turner was a past commander of Purple 
Heart Chapter 36, Chapter 5 of the Disabled American Veterans and member of 
the Burrows Memorial Baptist Church, Norfolk. 

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  Suffolk, June 6 - Funeral services for Walter Tony Turner were conducted 
this afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home by Rev. B.A. Riddle.

  Pallbearers were Edward Turner, Elton Stephenson, Lloyd Duck, Ryland Duck, 
Ollie Turner, Ervin Walker, John Clarke, Bernard Langford. 

  Burial with military honors, took place in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  A firing 
squad from the Suffolk National Guard unit gave the salute and Billy Burkette 
sounded taps. 

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Military Burial For W. T. Turner 

  Funeral services for Walter Tony Turner, who died Thursday afternoon at his 
home near Lake Prince, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Hill Funeral 
Home by the Rev. B.A. Riddle. 

  The choir from the Colosse Baptist Church, accompanied by Mrs. Julian 
Goodwin, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."  Mrs. 
John Avis and Melvin Spivey sang as a duet, "Life's Railway To Heaven." 

  The casket was covered with an American flag, which was later replaced with 
a pall of red roses and white carnations. 

  Pallbearers were Edward Turner, Elton Stephenson, Lloyd Duck, Ryland Duck, 
Ollie Turner, Ervin Walker, John Clarke and Bernard Lankford. 

  Burial with military honors took place in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  A firing 
squad from the Suffolk National Guard Unit gave the salute and Billy Burkette 
sounded taps. 

  The graveside services were conducted by Joseph Sterling, chaplain of 
Norfolk Chapter No. 4, Disabled Veterans of America, assisted by members of 
the Suffolk DAV chapter. 

  Mr. Turner was credited with organizing the Norfolk DAV chapter and with 
assisting in the organization of the Suffolk unit. 


Walter Tony TURNER, retired Virginian R.R. engineer, WW-I veteran, 
b. 3 Sep 1891, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Jun 1948, at home, near Lake Prince, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Lot 55*), Suffolk, 6 Jun 1948, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Fri., June 4, 1948, p. 23; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., June 5, 1948, p. 13, 
   both posted with Find a Grave Memorial #99920275 by Deborah VanDeveer; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 54, Mon., June 7, 1948, 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 his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #99920275, as are the text of these obits. 

D.Cert. 14140 (Chuckatuck Dist.) gives son of John & Verlie (DARDEN) TURNER. 

His mother, Virtley Ann (DARDEN) TURNER (1861 - 1948), is buried in 
   Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His widow's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Feb. 14. 1999, B9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/t656a11o.txt 


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