Lafayette Andrew Turner (1880 - 1950)

Born 24 Feb 1880 in Lafayette, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ada Turner — married 7 Feb 1901 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 24 May 1950 at age 70 in Old Houlka, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Deborah Dunn [send private message]

Biography

Lafayette was born in 1880 in Mississippi. He was the son of John Lee Turner and Margaret Franklin. He married his first cousin Ada Turner. He passed away in 1950 and was buried in the Salmon Cemetery located in Randolph community of Pontotoc County, MS. ^[1]

Obituary

Printed in the Times Post , Houston, Mississippi dated June 1 1950

Rites Held For Houlka Citizen

L A (Leese) Turner, whose name was symbolic of everything in the way of social, civic, economic and religious advancement in Houlka, died late Wednesday evening after a lengthy illness. He was 70.

Services were conducted from the residence Thursday at 3 pm, with the deceased's pastor, Rev. J W Kitchens, officiating, assisted by the Rev. T E Gregory, local Methodist pastor.

Mr. Turner came to Houlka from his farm in Pontotoc county when a young man and engaged in the mercantile business where he remained until a few months ago, when his health failed.

Interment was in Salmon cemetery in Pontotoc with Houlka funeral home in charge.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ada Turner, two daughters, Mrs. C Y Katzenmier of Port Gibson and Mrs. Udell Stevens of Louisville; two sons, Cobb Turner of Shreveport, La., and Colton Turner of Houlka; two sisters, Mrs. C H Gillespie of Pontotoc; Mrs. Cubel Skein of Jackson; a brother, B W Turner of Crowder and several grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #101427077'

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRL-14H : accessed 16 September 2017), Liase A Turner, Houlka, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 43, sheet 7A, line 22, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 871; FHL microfilm 1,820,871."

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBX-PZ9 : accessed 16 September 2017), Lee A Turner, Houlka, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 3B, line 52, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1141; FHL microfilm 2,340,876."

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYG9-G2C : accessed 16 September 2017), Lee A Turner, Houlka, Beat 2, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-5, sheet 9A, line 33, family 198, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2013."
• Find A Grave: Memorial #101427077"