Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Minnie B. Drewry, 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MINNIE BELL DREWRY TURNER Zuni - Mrs. Minnie Drewry Turner, 94, of Rt. 2, died Sunday in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin. A native of Southampton County, she was the widow of Moss M. Turner. She was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sally Turner Edwards and Mrs. Beatrice Turner Brock, both of Franklin; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held today at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. C.L. Gatling and the Rev. Sidney Cowells. Burial will be in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. ****************************************************************************** MINNIE BELL DREWRY TURNER A funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Drewry Turner, 94, of Rt. 2, Box 99, Zuni, was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. C.L. Gatling and Rev. Sidney Cowles. Burial was in Baptist Church Cemetery. A native and lifelong resident of Southampton County, she was the daughter of Robert and Mrs. Martha Jane Turner Drewry and the widow of Moss M. Turner. She was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sally Turner Edwards and Mrs. Beatrice Turner Brock, both of Franklin; four grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Roger Tomlin, Garland Beale, C.W. Stephenson, August Bradshaw, Alvin Hatfield, Mac Edwards, A.C. Carr Jr. and Miles Carr. Minnie Bell (DREWRY; Mrs Robert L.) TURNER, Southampton Co. native, d. 27 Jun 1971, Franklin, age 94, interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 29 Jun 1971, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 28, 1971; "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 1, 1971, p. 3 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-28): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt Her parents are buried in a BRADSHAW family cemetery, on Vickville Rd. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (MV-V-41). http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt Her marriage record - Mossie M. Turner, 25, s, So.Co., So.Co., s/o Pierce and Sally Bradshaw Turner, Farmer m. 06-09-1897 Bride’s parent’s residence by Rev. J.E. Stephenson Minnie B. Drewry, 20, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Robert and Martha J. Turner Drewry (Southampton Co. MB9:182; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb09pt.txt) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t656m2ob.txt