Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Anna L. Barden, 1961 

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ANNA LUCY BARDEN TURNER

   DREWRYVILLE - Mrs. Anna Barden Turner, 97, died in the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. W.D. McPherson, in Roanoke Tuesday morning.

   She was the wife of George William Turner of Southampton County.

   A lifelong resident of Southampton County, she moved to Roanoke two years 
ago to live with her daughter.  She was a member of Hebron Baptist Church.

   Besides Mrs. McPherson, surviving are two sons, Percy B. Turner of Emporia 
and Vernon L. Turner of Roanoke, two grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.

   The body was taken from W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home to Hebron 
Baptist Church today (Thursday) at 11 a.m. for a funeral service at 1 p.m. by 
the Rev. D.J. Thompson, pastor; the Rev. William S. Ferguson, pastor of 
Monumental Methodist Church, Emporia; and the Rev. William W. Stennett, pastor 
of Suitland Baptist Church, Suitland, Md.  Burial was in Capron Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Otis Davis, Gordon Grizzard, Amos Pope, Arthur Mattox, 
G.H. Clary and W.J. Harrell.


Anna Lucy (BARDEN; Mrs. George W. Jr.) TURNER, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
24 Jan 1961, at daughter's home, Roanoke, age 97, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 26 Jan 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 26, 1961, Section 2, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Capron list (C-42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Additional information: 

Geo.W. Turner Jr., 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Joseph and Letitia Turner, Farmer 
Anna L. Barden, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Copeland Barden 
m.lic. 04/15/1886 Southampton Co., by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 04/21/1886, Hebron Bap. Church, Southampton Co., Va., by H.C. Smith 
(Southampton Co. MB6:19) 

Her parents, Copeland & Agnes (CHITTY) BARDEN, were m. 29 Apr 1847, 
   by Robert S. BARNES. (Southampton Co. M.Reg. 1750-1853, pp. 562, 715) 

Her father, 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 


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