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William Olanda Turlington
29 Dec 1874 – 24 Oct 1945
| Birth | 29 Dec 1874 |
| Death | 24 Oct 1945 |
| Cemetery | Wheeler Cemetery Wheeler , Wheeler County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Edith Guynes Stanley on 28 Dec 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37005669 |
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Funeral services will be held from the Wheeler Baptist church at 2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon for W.O. Turlington, 71-year-old Wheeler resident who passed away at his town home at 2 p.m., Wednesday. Rev. E.J. Norman, Primitive Baptist pastor of Wellington, will conduct the rites and interment will be made in the Wheeler Cemetery with Hunt Funeral Home in charge. Death came to Mr. Turlington at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon after an illness of five years. A resident of Wheeler county since 1916, the popular farmer lived at Allison for 12 years, moving to a farm southwest of Wheeler. He moved to town a few years ago when failing health forced him to give up the strenuous labors of running a farm. Mr. Turlington was born in Alabama in 1874 and would have been 71 years old in December. He moved from Alabama to Hawkins, Texas, with his parents while a baby. He was married to Laura Jones 1898 and of their six children, two preceeded him in death. Mrs. Turlington passed away in 1913. Surviving children of this union are: Mrs. Lillia Sorensen, Mrs. Lura Bills, Olney Turlington and Jim Turlington. In 1925 Mr. Turlington was married to Gertrude Simons and their two daughters, Loverta and Laverne of Wheeler, survive. After leaving Hawkins, Texas, Mr. Turlington resided in Wilbarger county a time before moving to Wheeler county in 1916. He was a respected citizen and leaves a wide circle of friends to mourn his death. He has 16 grandchildren and two grand grandchildren. Two grandsons in the services, E.L. Bills, Jr., in the Navy Air Corps, Bernice Sorensen in Japan in the Infantry. (Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XII-Number 45, Thursday, October 25, 1945, Page 1) ----- Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Name: William O. Turlington Death Date: 24 Oct 1945 Death County: Wheeler Certificate: 46370 Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 Name: Willian O Turlington [User-submitted-comment] Gender: Male Race: White Age: 70 Birth Date: 29 Dec 1874 Birth Place: Alabama Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA Death Date: 24 Oct 1945 Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA Father: James M Tuslington Mother: Mc Clinden
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- Louisa Laverta "Laura" Jones Turlington 1874–1913 FaG
- Lizzie Gertrude "Girtie" Simons Turlington 1898–1931 FaG
Siblings
- Calladona M "Callie" Turlington Dean 1862–1893
- Robert Franklin Turlington 1863–1938
- Martha Viola Turlington McGill 1866–1944
- Dr Marcellus Martin Turlington 1868–1949
- Louisa Ethelda "Lou" Turlington Matheson 1872–1947
- Ada Catherine Turlington Goff 1873–1915
- Claudia Enola "Claudie" Turlington Presswood 1877–1949
- George Albert Turlington 1880–1903
- Arch Oran Turlington Sr 1886–1958
Children
- Lillian Lucille Turlington Sorensen 1899–1981 FaG
- Essie Lura Turlington Bills 1900–1964 FaG
- Olney R. Turlington 1904–1975 FaG
- James Marcellus Turlington 1907–1984 FaG
- Infant Son Turlington 1909–1909 FaG
- Bernice Turlington 1911–1918 FaG
- Laverta Turlington Jones 1926–2011 FaG
- Lola LaVerna Turlington Ruff 1927–2001 FaG
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