Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Annie M., 1956 

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ANNIE MARY TURNER

   Miss Annie M. Turner, 65, well-known resident of the Adams Grove community, 
died at her home Sunday night, August 26, after an illness of many months.

   She was a native of Southampton County and the daughter of Mrs. Anna Barden 
Turner of Adams Grove and the late George W. Turner of this county.  She was a 
member of Hebron Baptist Church, in which she was a teacher of the Ladies 
Bible Class of many years, also a member of the Woman’s Missionary Society.

   Besides her mother, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. W.B. McPherson of 
Roanoke; three brothers, George D. Turner, Percy B. Turner and Vernon L. 
Turner, all of Adams Grove; one niece, Miss Ethel M. McPherson and one nephew, 
Wilson Otey McPherson, both of Roanoke.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Hebron Baptist 
Church by the pastor, Rev. W.W. Stennett, assisted by Rev. William B. 
Ferguson, pastor of Boykins Methodist Church.  Burial was in Capron Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Allen Partridge, Gordon Grizzard, Arthur Mattox, Roy Ricks, 
Otis Davis, Howard Simmons, Amos Pope and Allen Harris.


Annie Mary TURNER, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Aug 1956, at home, Adams Grove, age 65, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 28 Aug 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 30, 1956, Sect. I, p. 5 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-41 & -42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 23, 1955, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t656a3ob.txt 

Her maternal grandfather, Copeland BARDEN, a registrar of elections, was 
   murdered by C.P. GRIZZARD, 28 Oct 1893.  Newspaper accounts are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/news/11011893ag.txt 
   GRIZZARD was convicted of second-degree murder in June court 1894, 
   and sentenced to 10 years, but was pardoned 19 Nov 1894; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/court/g626c2pd.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t656a1ob.txt