Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Turner, Jessie Oliver 205199

Birth: 03/14/1873 Death: 04/18/1964 Marriage: 10/26/1895

Cemetery: Evergreen (19-41-03)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate

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THE PARIS NEWS, 18 Apr 1964: "Mrs. Jessie O. Turner, 91, widow of W.H. Turner, died Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at 1323 Pine Bluff St., where she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Alva Winters. She had been in failing health some time. Funeral services Monday at 2:30 p.m., will be held in Holy Cross Episcopal Church, where she was a member. The rector, the Rev. James W. O'Connell, will officiate, Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home to make interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are these children, besides Mrs. Winters: Mrs. Paul Jordan and Herbert A. Turner, also of Paris; Charles Turner, Shreveport, La., and Glenn A. Turner, Houston, and six other descendants in three generations. The former Jessie Oliver, daughter of Allen K. Oliver and the former Mary Ann Mayfield, Mrs. Turner was born in Paris, 14 Mar 1873, and attended private schools here. She was married to W. Herbert Turner here 26 Oct 1895 his death occurring in September, 1926. She was a member of St. Margaret's Episcopal Guild, and had belonged to the Woodmen Circle. She was long associated with her late husband and her son here in the W. H. Turner Engineering Company."

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Jessie Oliver Turner
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Apr 1964
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1873
Birthplace: Paris, Texas
Father's Name: Allen K Oliver
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Mayfield
Place of Burial: Evergreen
Certificate Number: 24845
GS Film number: 2117484
Digital Folder Number: 005144771
Image Number: 03363
Citing this Record: “Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSBC-CSC : accessed 08 Jul 2014), Jessie Oliver Turner, 18 Apr 1964; citing certificate number 24845, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2117484.

Buried next to W. H. Turner.

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