Southampton-Northampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Charles H., 1957 

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Rites Tuesday For Charles H Turner 

  FRANKLIN - Funeral services for Charles Howard Turner, 44, of Franklin, 
construction supervisor, who died early Sunday after an illness of a month, 
will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the graveside in Poplar Springs 
Cemetery in Franklin, by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin 
Baptist Church and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Bethlehem Christian 
Church, Suffolk.  The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral 
Home. 

  A native of Franklin he was a son of Mrs. Anna Kea Turner and the late 
Charles T. Turner.  For 15 or 20 years he had been employed by the W.H. Scott 
Construction Co. here and was a member of the Franklin Baptist church. 

  Besides his mother, he is survived by a brother, Peyton T. Turner; four 
sisters, Mrs. Francis T. Beale, Mrs. Lawrence Councill Sr., Mrs. S.E. Eubanks 
and Mrs. Ecil Rader, and nieces and nephews all of Franklin. 

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CHARLES HOWARD TURNER

   Charles Howard Turner, 44, of Franklin, construction supervisor, died early 
Sunday, September 8, after a month’s illness.

   He was the son of Mrs. Anna Kea Turner and the late Charles T. Turner, and 
was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church.  For 15 or 20 years he had been 
employed by the W.H. Scott Construction Co., in Franklin.

   Besides his mother he is survived by a brother, Peyton T. Turner; four 
sisters, Mrs. Frances T. Beale, Mrs. Lawrence Councill, Sr., Mrs. S.E. Eubanks 
and Mrs. Ecil Rader; and several nieces and nephews, all of Franklin.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the graveside in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery by Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist 
Church, and Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Bethleham United Church of Christ 
near Suffolk.

   Active pallbearers were Vernard Scott, Bernard Blythe, Edgar Blythe, Ruel 
T. Blythe, W. Hunter Scott and Stanley Campbell.


Charles Howard TURNER, of Franklin, W.H. Scott Construction Co. supervisor, 
b. 20 Jan 1913, Cape Charles, Northampton Co., d. 8 Sep 1957, Williamsburg, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 55B*), Franklin, 
   10 Sep 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 213, Sep. 9, 1957, p. 1, col. 7; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 12, 1957, Sect. II, p. 2 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 11, 1932, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t656c4ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 20, 1967, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t656a4ob.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 22117 (Williamsburg #202) 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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