Garnett Leo Turner (1917 - 2004)

Born 17 Apr 1917 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Garnett Leo Turner was born 1917 to Oscar Turner and Lottie Hagood who were living in Pittsylvania County, Virginia ^[1] He married Frances Lorraine Nance. He died in 2004 and is buried in Danville City, Virginia.

Residence 1920: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States as son Garnett Turner (2) in household of O F Turner (25) with wife Lottie Turner (24) and daughter Lula Turner (5)^[2]

It appears his father O F Turner died in 1924 ^[3] and his mother Lottie remarried^[4]

Residence 1930: Danville (Independent City), Virginia, United States as stepdaughter Garnet L Turner (13) in household of Jason High ^[5] The census appears to have both F and M gender for Garnett, and the location was poorly transcribed.

Residence 1940: Danville City, Virginia, United States as stepson Garnet L Turner (22) in household of Jason B High (40) with wife Lottie G High (45), son Jason High (11), daughter Christine High (9), daughter Peggy Ann High (7), daughter Robert L High (6) and stepdaughter Edith Turner (18). ^[6]

WWII Enlistment: 1941, in Roanoke, Virginia. Record indicates he had three years of high school and worked as a sales clerk.^[7]

Marriage: 1942 to Frances Lorraine Nance in Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ^[8][9]

Death: 2004, age 87 ^[10]

Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBB-RNJQ : 20 February 2021), Garnett Leo Turner and Frances Lorraine Nance, 25 Sep 1942; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Danville Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, certificate 27019, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJ5-M36 : 4 February 2021), Garnett Turner in entry for O F Turner, 1920.
3. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR7-BR9D : 16 August 2019), Oscar Flimming Turner, 18 Nov 1924; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
4. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCSF-7F3Z : 14 October 2020), Jason B High, 18 Apr 1927; citing Marriage Registration, Danville, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CV4W-MN2 : accessed 9 July 2021), Garnet L Turner in household of Jason High (30) with wife Lottie High, stepdaughter Lula Turner (16), stepdaughter Edith Turner (9) and son Jason High (1)., Danville, Danville Township, Montgomery, Missouri Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 4A, line 26, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2467; FHL microfilm 2,342,201.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CV4W-MN2 : accessed 9 July 2021), Garnet L Turner in household of Jason High, Danville, Danville Township, Montgomery, Missouri Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 4A, line 26, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2467; FHL microfilm 2,342,201.
7. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8RY-PW3 : 5 December 2014), Garnett L Turner, enlisted 15 Jul 1941, Roanoke, Virginia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
8. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBB-RNJQ : 20 February 2021), Garnett Leo Turner and Frances Lorraine Nance, 25 Sep 1942; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Danville Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, certificate 27019, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
9. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBB-RNJQ : 20 February 2021), Garnett Leo Turner and Frances Lorraine Nance, 25 Sep 1942; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Danville Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, certificate 27019, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2ZX-4M7 : 8 January 2021), Garnett L Turner, 03 Jan 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ Find a Grave #123574489 Garnett Leo Turner