John was born on Feb 9th, 1915 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. He is the son of John Turner. [1] Mr. John turner married Alice B. Whatley and to them was born three sons, John III, David, and Kent Turner. Mr. John had a nick name from his Army years, he was called "Flash".
Mr. John Turner died Apr 26 2013 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi , and is buried at Ruleville, Cleveland, Mississippi.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M6-6HY : accessed 17 September 2017), John W Turner Jr. in household of John W Turner, Indianola, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 1B, line 86, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1166; FHL microfilm 2,340,901."
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRG-KLR : accessed 17 September 2017), John W Turner in household of John W Turner, Houlka, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 43, sheet 7A, line 3, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 871; FHL microfilm 1,820,871."
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ7Y-LNQJ : 23 May 2014), John W Jr Turner, Residence, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information."
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKR3-YF7V : 26 October 2016), John William Turner in entry for Samuel Or Jack Turner, Mississippi, United States, 14 Mar 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Laurel Leader-Call, born-digital text."
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFFN-TVK : 20 May 2014), John W Turner, 26 Apr 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)."
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