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James Austin Turner

2 Mar 1920 – 19 Sep 2009

Birth	2 Mar 1920
Death	19 Sep 2009
Cemetery	Burningtree Memorial Gardens Decatur , Morgan County , Alabama , USA
Added by	Kenneth Richards on 24 Mar 2017
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42243250

Bio

REST IN PEACE.. Funeral for James Austin Turner, 89, of Decatur will be today, Sept. 22, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Shelton Funeral Home with Bro. Charles Smith, Bro. Cecil Berry and Bro. Earl Holt officiating. Burial will be in Burningtree Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mr. Turner who died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at River City Nursing Home, was born March 2, 1920, in Morgan County to John Andrew Turner and Mary Beasley Turner. He retired as a machinist from Wolverine Tube in Decatur after 32 years of service. He was a member of Point Mallard Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Turner loved gardening and yard work. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jan Turner; and a brother, Cecil Turner. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Margaret Turner; one son, Derek Austin Turner and his wife, Thalia, of Somerville; two daughters, Lillian Glennell Carr and her husband, Morris, of Decatur and Jackie Griffith and her husband, Wayne, of Hartselle; two brothers, Pierce Turner of Birmingham and Hosey Turner of Oregon; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be family and friends. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Fund or to the Point Mallard Baptist Church Building Fund. Published in the Decatur Daily on 9/22/2009

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Family

Parents

• John Andrew Turner 1882–1954
• Mary Clementine Beasley Turner 1886–1949

Spouse

• Margaret Virginia Berry Turner 1921–2013 FaG

Siblings

• Andrew Hobert Turner 1903–1973
• Leona Turner Haley 1905–1982
• Hubert Turner 1908–1909
• Mattie Lou Turner Holloway 1909–1999
• Annie Mae Turner Dodson 1912–1947
• Howard Elonzo Turner 1912–1985
• Hershel Sherrill Turner 1916–1941
• Cecil Columbus Turner 1921–2009
• John Burnam Turner 1923–1957
• Pierce Fane Turner 1925–2012
• Malcolm Lee Turner 1925–1986
• Billy Spencer Turner 1928–1955
• Arnold Ray Turner 1932–2000

Children

• Derek Austin Turner 1943–2023 FaG
• Beverly Jan Turner 1956–1999 FaG

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