Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Turner, Susie Beale, 1953 

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SUSIE BEALE TURNER 

   Mrs. Susie Beale Turner, 84, wife of the late Ralgie Turner of the Sedley 
community, died at the residence on Thursday night, October 15, after a brief 
illness.

   Mrs. Turner was the daughter of the late Gilliam and Jane Lankford Beale 
of this county.  She was the oldest member of Black Creek Baptist church, in 
which she served for many years.

   Surviving are one son, Harvey Turner of Franklin; one daughter, Mrs. Lona 
Drake of Sedley; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and one brother, 
Livie Beale of Franklin.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Turner were conducted at Black Creek Baptist 
Church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. A.W. Coates, 
assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Burial was in the church cemetery.

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SUSIE BEALE TURNER 

   Mrs. Susie Beale Turner, 84, widow of the late Ralgie Turner of the Sedley 
community, died Thursday night, October 15, at her home after a brief illness.

   She was the daughter of the late Gilliam and Jane Lankford Beale of 
Southampton County.  She was one of the oldest members of Black Creek Baptist 
Church, in which she served faithfully for many years.

   Surviving are one son, Harvey Turner of Franklin; one daughter, Mrs. 
Lorenzo Drake of Sedley; and 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

   Funeral services were held from the Black Creek Baptist Church on Saturday, 
October 17, at 2 p.m. by Rev. A.W. Coates, pastor assisted by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson, a former pastor.  Rev. James A. Coney sang "Sunrise Tomorrow," 
Rev. and Mrs. James A. Coney, accompanied by Mrs. Julia Urquhart, sang "Under 
His Wing," and the church choir sang "In The Sweet Bye and Bye."  There were 
many lovely floral tributes.

   She was the kind of wife, mother and grandmother who inspires great 
devotion and love; and along with the emptiness and loneliness which her loved 
ones will feel comes also the joy of knowing how good our Heavenly Father has 
been in giving a life so well lived and of such rich benediction.

   Active pallbearers were Lorenzo Drake, Thomas F. Hundley and Willie 
Bradshaw of Sedley, David Lankford of Ivor, and Elvin Whitley and Nattie 
Bradshaw of Carrsville.  Honorary pallbearers were Ralph Godwin, Jr., of 
Smithfield, George Babb and Herbert Babb of Sebrell, George Kitchen of 
Franklin, Edward Forrest, Jr., of Sedley, and Melvin Turner, Wilbur Turner 
and Frank Drake, the last three grandson of Mrs. Turner.  Burial was in the 
church cemetery.


Susie (BEALE; Mrs. Ralgie) TURNER, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Oct 1953, at home, Sedley, age 84, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 17 Oct 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 22, 1953; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 29, 1953 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-29): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 9, 1931, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t656r1ob.txt 


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