Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Turner, J. Ashby, 1928 

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J. ASHBY TURNER ENDS HIS LIFE AT HOME IN SEBRELL 

Prominent Citizen of That Place, Despondent Over Financial Reverses, 
   Eats Christmas Dinner With Family Before Committing Rash Act.

  J. Ashby Turner, prominent citizen of the Sebrell community, committed 
suicide at his home there yesterday.  His body was found in a stable with 
the top of his head blown off and a shot gun from which a load had been 
discharged found lying by his side told the mute story of the means of death. 
The rash act was committed soon after the family had finished their Christmas 
dinner it is said. 

  Others noted his absence from the house and a search of the premises 
followed.  Despondency over financial troubles is advanced as the reason for 
the deed. 

  Mr. Turner was president of the Epworth League of the Methodist church, 
secretary of the Sunday School, and president of the Civic Improvement League 
of Sebrell.  The funeral was held this afternoon at S o’clock and burial was 
in the family plot near Capron. 

  He is survived by his widow and six children, Keith Turner, of Richmond; 
Miss Ellen Turner, of Goldsboro, N.C.; Edgar, Gillette, Shelley and Rose 
Turner, of Sebrell. 


J. Ashby TURNER, farmer, 
b. 22 Mar 1872, Southampton Co., suicide 25 Dec 1928, at home, Sebrell, 
interred in the BARHAM-SIMMONS-TURNER family cemetery*, 26 Dec 1928, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 251, Dec. 26, 1928, p. 1, col. 2 

*Unmarked?  Added to list.  His parents, John Ivey & Rosa Ellen (BARHAM) 
   TURNER, are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 29553, which gives bu. Barham cemetery, Capron. 

His widow is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond. 

Her D.Cert. 1952-3403 (Richmond #601) gives his first name as James. 

Their son Edgar's M.Cert. 1940-4497 (Richmond) & D.Edgar. 77-017489 
   gives his father's first name as James. 


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