Obituaries
Added Since November 23, 2018
Sources:
All images were emailed to BarbR
from Rena Worthen for posting on this site.
If there is a date/newspaper stamp on the image,
these images were gleaned from newspapers by Karen (Weddle) Baker.
All other images are from the collection of Rena
Worthen & gleaned by her or sent to her by others for posting.
Typed obituaries will be sourced individually.
Surnames Beginning With “T”
Updated: Thursday,
February 7, 2019
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Deceased’s Name linked to printable
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Year Newspaper if
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1971 Roanoke Times
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1955 Floyd Press
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Wife of the late
John Brammer Wife of Chaucery B.
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1988 Roanoke Times
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1932 Roanoke Times
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1965 Floyd Press
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His middle name is spelled “Maurice” his death
record & several other orginal documents. I believe “Maurcie” in obituary
was a typo. He was a s/o George M. & Manerva “Nervie” (Shortt) Thomas. |
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1965 Floyd Press
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1955 Floyd Press
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1930 Roanoke Times
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1950 Floyd Press
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1948 Floyd Press
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1953 Roanoke Times
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1960 Floyd Press
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1998
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Husband Roy L.
Thomas |
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1970 Roanoke Times
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s/o of Mr. & Mrs. Harman Thomas |
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1953 Roanoke Times
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Wife Josephine
Gillespie Thomas |
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1958 Floyd Press
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2015
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Husband Silas H.
Thomas |
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1956 Floyd Press
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1988 Roanoke Times
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Husband Claude C.
Thomas |
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1955 Floyd Press
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1965 Floyd Press
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Wife Annie Peters
Thomas |
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2018
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1956 Floyd Press
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1988
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Wife Gladys R. Thomas |
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1998
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2014
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2014
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1988 Roanoke Times
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2015
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1964 Floyd Press
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1970 Roanoke Times
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1964 Floyd Press
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Nee Graham |
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2017
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Wife of Earnest Boyd
Thompson Sr d/o Thomas Rufus
& Vada Isabel (Ayers) Smith. |
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1950
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1979 Roanoke Times
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1952 Roanoke Times
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Thompson, Mattie Lee Weeks Mrs. |
1965 Roanoke Times
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1977
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1988 Roanoke Times
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Aka Thompson, William G. |
1948 Floyd Press
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William G. Thompson m. Vina E. Quesenberry
11-01-1893 at C.S. Thompson's, Carroll Co., VA by J.L.C. Quesenberry.
Recorded in Floyd Co., VA. He 20 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in
Carroll Co., VA, s/o Charles S. & Martha E. Thompson. She 19 yo single w/f,
b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Lewis & Eva J. Quesenberry. [quesenberry_john] |
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1956 Floyd Press
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1952 Roanoke Times
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2015
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s/o Mark & Cindy
Thurston & Ginger & James Travis |
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1931 Roanoke Times
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Wife of B. J. Tice Mother: Mrs. W. S. Hundley |
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1958 Floyd Press
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Wife of Troy W. Tice |
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1966 Roanoke Times
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s/o Troy W. Tice |
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1956 Floyd Press
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Jesse W. Tobler m. Sarah F. Dickerson 02-11-1899 at Ira J.
Dickerson's, Floyd Co., VA by Owen Barnhart. He 21 yo single w/m farmer, b.
Carroll Co., VA & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Jane Tobler. She 16 yo
single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Ira J. & Mary A.
Dickerson. |
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1965 Floyd Press
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1976 Floyd Press
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1960
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1959 Floyd Press
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Wife of Palmer H. Tolbert d/o Mr. & Mrs. Oscar A. Webb |
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Tolbert,
Louise Ridinger |
2002 TOLBERT, Louise Ridinger, 97, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at the
Radford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was formerly of New Castle and
Floyd, Va. She was preceded
in death by her parents, Henry and Pattie Ridinger;
husband, Wyatt Tolbert; brothers, Claude, Jimmy and Thornton Ridinger; sisters, Ann Davis and Sadie Layman; stepson,
Palmer Tolbert.
Graveside service
will be 11 a.m. Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Jacksonville Cemetery, with Rev.
Emory Tarpley officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to
10:45 a.m. Saturday at the Maberry Funeral Home, Floyd. In lieu of memorials,
please arrange a visit to someone in a nursing home or an elderly person. The
family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to the staff of Radford
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and her caretakers, including Mrs. Bernice
Peterman, for their loving care. |
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1988 Roanoke Times
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2015
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Wife of the late Glen Tolbert Sr |
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1960 Floyd Press
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1933 Floyd Press
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1952 Roanoke Times
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1970 Roanoke Times
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2014
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Wife of the late Cluber
Tyler Trail d/o Andrew Jackson & Kitty Pearl
() Thomas |
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1959 Roanoke Times
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1952 Roanoke Times
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1957 Roanoke Times
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1956 Floyd Press
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1977
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Widow of Turner Trail |
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1933 Floyd Press
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1958 Floyd Press
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1956 Floyd Press
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Wife of Everett Turman |
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1971 Roanoke Times
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Turman,
Essie Smith Contributed by BarbR
Feb 2019 |
2002 Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Sunday, July 28, 2002 (src:
GenealogyBank.com) TURMAN, Essie Smith, 90, of Bedford, passed away Friday, July 26,
2002 in the Bedford County Nursing Home. She was born February 16, 1912 in
Floyd County, a daughter of the late Cleveland Smith and Sarah Nolan Smith.
She was a retired nurse and was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in
death by three brothers, Melvin Smith, Harry Smith, and Edgar Smith. She is
survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Colene T. and Thornton Cannaday, Bedford; two granddaughters, Rhonda C. Wilson,
Lake Wiley, S.C., Lisa C. and Edward R. Turner, Forest; a
great-granddaughter, Brittanie Turner, Forest; three sisters, Cornelia
Gallimore, Elaine Dobyns, both of Christiansburg, Vivian Nolen, Salem; a brother,
Ralph R. Smith, Jenkintown, Pa. A funeral service will be conducted Monday,
July 29, 2002 at 2 p.m. from the Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford by the Rev.
Ed Greer. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call
after 12 noon today and the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Updike Funeral Home and Cremation Service. |
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Parents: Grover Cleveland & Sarah Alice (Nolen) Smith. 1912 Birth: 2-16-1912 Floyd Co., VA. 2002 Death: 7-26-2002 of Bedford, VA. 2002 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford Co., VA. {turman] |
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1959 Roanoke Times
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Wife: Olivia (Nolen) Turman |
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1932 Floyd Press
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1948 Floyd Press
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Turman,
Kenneth B. Contributed by BarbR
Feb 2019 |
2000 Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Monday, November 27, 2000 TURMAN, Kenneth B., 78, of Roanoke, passed away Saturday,
November 25, 2000. He served in the Army as a paratrooper during World War II with
the 11th Airborne Division, was a retired driver for Greyhound, a member of
Colonial Baptist Church and a member of the Willis Masonic Lodge. He was preceded in death by his parents, Homer Miles Turman and Minnie Marshall Turman, his wife, Patricia East Turman, a brother, Artie C. Turman and a grandson, William Dustin Robinson. Surviving are his daughters,
Linda Robinson and husband, Steve, Blue Ridge, Debbie Robinson and Tina
Turman, both of Roanoke; grandchildren,
Neal Robinson and wife Pam, Kimberly Schaffer, Amanda Robinson, Jessica
Graham and husband Cecil; great-grandchildren,
Joshua Schaffer, Brandon Robinson, Anthony Robinson, Austin Mercy and Dawson
Robinson; brothers, John M. Turman and wife Nita, Floyd, Lucas G. Turman and
wife Marie, Danville; sisters,
Margaret Matherly and husband Vernon, Willis, Lois
Rich, Danville; sister-in-law,
Winnie Turman, Woodlawn; and numerous
nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted 12 noon Monday, November 27,
2000 at Simpson-Tharp Funeral Home, 5160 Peters Creek Road by the Rev. Aubrey
Dooley. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will
receive friends from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Simpson-Tharp Funeral Home.
(366-0707) |
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Kenneth Ballard Turman, b. 3-22-1922 Floyd Co., VA, d. 11-25-2000
Salem, VA. Parents: Homer Miles & Minnie Myrtile
(Marshall) Turman. [turman] |
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1958 Floyd Press
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Turman,
McDonald Contributed
by BarbR Feb 2019 |
1999 Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Sunday, January 2, 2000 TURMAN, McDonald, 85, of Chesapeake, passed away Thursday,
December 30, 1999 at Chesapeake General Hospital. He was the son of the late Mack and Dora Hollandsworth
Turman. He was preceded in death by his wife, Daphnia V. Turman; six
brothers, Harley, Hardie, Mowyer, Paul, Foster and
Frank Turman; two sisters, Maggie Dalton and Sophia Turpin. He served in World War II in the Army Air Corps and retired from
the Norfolk Naval Air Station as a master Aviation Mechanic. Surviving are three sons, Donald Rodney Turman, Herndon, Va.,
Gary Lee Turman and Hal Eugene Turman, Chesapeake, Va.; two sisters,
Annie Dalton, Virginia Beach, Va. and Maudie Turman, Hillsville,
Va.; five grandchildren and one great-grandson. He was a loving, caring and faithful husband and father who will
be deeply missed. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Indian Valley Church of
God with Rev. Kenneth Poston officiating. Burial will follow in Captain George Quesenberry
Cemetery, Indian Valley, Va. Maberry Funeral Home, Floyd, Va. is in charge of
arrangements. |
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Parents: Charles Mack “Mack” & Eliza Aldora
“Dora” (Hollandsworth) Turman. 1914 Birth: 9-26-1914 Carroll Co., VA. [turman] |
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1976 Floyd Press
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Aka Turman,
Livsie Quesenberry |
1964 Roanoke Times
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Parents: Loma Quesenberry. (father unknown) [quesenberry2] Livsie Quesenberry
m. Paul Turman 12-22-1932 Floyd Co., VA. He 27 yo single w/m, b. Carroll Co.,
VA, residence Indian Valley, VA, s/o Mack Turman & Dora Hollandsworth. She 21 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA,
residence Indian Valley, VA, d/o blank & Lonnie Quesenberry.
[turman] |
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Turman,
Walter Lee Contributed
by BarbR Feb 2019 (src: genealogybank.com) |
2005 Roanoke
Times, The (VA) - Saturday, August 6, 2005 (src: GenealogyBank.com) Walter Lee Turman, 92, of Christiansburg, passed away Wednesday,
August 3, 2005 at New River Valley Medical Center. Walter was born and raised
in Floyd, Virginia. He was a retired Roanoke City Police officer having spent
twenty-five years of service as a patrolman. He then served as warehouse
foreman for the Roanoke County School System. He was a loyal member of the
Fraternal Order of Police and Mountain Dale Lodge #49 Independent Order of Oddfellows.
Walter was an avid Harley Davidson enthusiast and admirer and expert of steam
engines. In addition, he had a love for clocks, which he collected and
repaired for many years. He was a longtime member of Shenandoah Baptist
Church and most recently Faith Missionary Baptist Church. Walter was a loving
husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend to many and will surely be
graciously missed by all. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and
Alice Turman; and two brothers, Woodrow and Doris Turman. Survivors include
his wife of 65 years, Addie Mae Turman, Christiansburg; son and
daughter-in-law, Donald Lee and Romona T. Turman,
Salem; granddaughter and husband, Leigh Ann and David Foster, Roanoke;
great-grandchild on the way, Taylor Foster; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2005 at the Maberry
Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd, with the Rev. Michael Vest and the Rev. Alvin
Crutchfield officiating. Interment will follow in Jacksonville Cemetery,
Floyd. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Maberry
Funeral Home. |
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Parents: Elmer Lee & Virginia Alice (Hancock) Turman. 1913 Birth: 4-9-1913 Floyd Co., VA. 2005 Death: 8-3-2005. 2005 Burial:
Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA. [turman] |
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1932 Floyd Press
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1959 Roanoke Times
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1971 Roanoke Times
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Sparrel Tyler Turner, s/o Stanton Winfield
& Martha Ellen “Ella” Trail. [no file] |
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2010
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2016
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Sparrel Tyler Turner, s/o Stanton Winfield
& Martha Ellen “Ella” Trail. [no file] |
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1970 Roanoke Times
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Stanton Winfield Turner, b. 11-11-1881, d. 8-29-1970, s/o Sparrel Tyler & Flora Alice (Thomas) Turner. [no
file] Death Record: Stanton Winfield Turner, 88 yo widowed w/m farmer/owner, b.
11-11-1881 Floyd Co., VA, d. Aug 29, 1970
McVitty House, Roanoke, VA, but of Rt 4,
Floyd, Floyd Co., VA. Spouse: Martha Ellen Trail. Father: Tyler Turner.
Mother: Flora Thomas. COD: bilateral pneumonia. Burial: Cannaday
Cemetery, Floyd, VA Aug 30, 1970. Undertaker: Wood Funeral Home, Floyd VA. Marriage Record: Stanton W. Turner m. Martha E. Trail 2-22-1905 at W. J. Trail's Floyd
Co., VA by Asa D. Shortt. He 23 yo single w/m
farming, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, S. T. & Flora Turner. She 20
yo single w/f, b. Franklin Co., VA & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o W. J.
& Abbie Trail. Martha Ellen “Ella” Trail, b. 5-6-1885 Franklin Co., VA, d. 2-25-1964
of Floyd Co., VA, d/o William Jefferson & Mary Abagail “Abbie” (Whorley) Trail. |
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1966 Roanoke Times
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Tiamon J. Turner, s/o Samuel Jackson & Gillie Rosa (Radford) Turner. [no file] Death Record: Tiamon J. Turner, b. 12-16-1922 VA, d.
3-22-1966 Walbash County Hospital, Walbash, IN but of Kokomo, Howard Co., IN. Spouse: not
asked for. Father: Samuel J. Turner. Mother: Gillie
Radford. Informant: Mrs. Recie Turner. COD: crushed
chest & basilar skull fracture – auto accident. Burial: County Line
Cemetery, Floyd, VA Mar 26, 1966. Marriage Record: Tiamon J. Turner m. Racie
Elva Rorrer 1-28-1950 Floyd Co., VA by C. Reynolds Simmons
Sr, minister of the Ch. of the Brethren. He 27 yo single w/m farmer, b. &
living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o S. J. Turner & Gillie
Radford. She 25 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o W. M. Rorrer & Cora Compton. Recie Elva Turner, b. 9-6-1924 Floyd Co.,
VA, d. 12-28-2000 Floyd, VA, d/o Wolford Mckinley
& Cora Alberta (Compton) Rorrer |
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1955 Roanoke Times
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Clayton Monroe Turpin, s/o William Daniel & Ella (Hedge) Turpin.
[turpin] Marriage Record: C. M. Turpin m.
Francis Higgs 3-20-1937 Floyd Co., VA by J. M. Dickerson, Minister of the
Baptist Church. He 40 yo single w/m farmer, b. Floyd Co., VA, P. O. address
Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA, s/o W. D. Turpin & Etta Hedge. She 20 yo
single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, , P. O. address Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA,
d/o G. R. Higgs & Bartie Akers. Death Record: Clayton Monroe Turpin, 66 yo married w/m farmer, b. 9-7-1889
Floyd Co., VA, d/ 9-16-1955 R.F.D. Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA. Spouse:
Frances Turpin. Father: William D. Turpin. Mother: Ellie Hedge, Informant:
Wyatt Gallimore, Indian Valley, VA. COD: chronic nephritis. Burial: Capt.
George Quesenberry Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA Sept 18, 1955. Undertaker: Maberry’s Funeral Home, Floyd, VA. |
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1988 Roanoke Times
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Freda Dove (Phillips) Turpin, d/o
Henderson McNealy “Mack” & Cena Abigail (Phillips) Phillips.
[phillips_randolph] Freda Phillips Turpin, b. 8-24-1905
VA, d. 8-14-1988 Radford Community Hospital but of Christiansburg, Montgomery
Co., VA. Spouse: Charlie Morton Turpin. Father: Mack C. Phillips. Mother:
Abbie Phillips. Informant: Lucas D. Phillips. COD: intracerebral hemorrhage.
Burial: Capt. George Quesenberry Cemetery, Indian Valley, VA Aug 17, 1988.
[phillips_randolph] Freda Dove Phillips m. Charles Molton
Turpin 5-31-1946 Montgomery Co., VA.
He 53 yo single w/m farmer, b. Floyd Co., VA, residence Willis, VA,
s/o Emmett Turpin & Dellie Hollandsworth. She 40 yo single w/f, b. Floyd
Co., VA, residence Indian Valley, VA, d/o Mac Phillips & Tabbie Phillips. Charles Molton Turpin, s/o Walter
Emmett & Cordelia Selone “Dellie” (Hollandsworth) Turpin. |
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1956 Roanoke Times
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Garry Joseph Turpin, s/o Uriah Elbert & Geneva Carylene (William/Marshall) Turpin. |
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2010
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Geneva, b. 9-28-1925 Carroll Co., VA,
d/o Ocie Clementine Williams who married John Floyd Marshall Married Uriah Elbert Turpin 1-11-1943
Carroll Co., VA. Uriah b. Carroll Co., VA, s/o Clifton
C. & Alma (Graham) Turpin. |
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1998
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Guy Clifford Turpin, s/o Uriah Elbert & Geneva Carylene (William/Marshall) Turpin. |
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1977
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2015 Roanoke Times
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Parents from obituary: Clifford & Allie Elizabeth (Phillips) Montgomery. Spouse: Hubert Clifford Turpin s/o Charles Clifford & 2nd wife
Maggie E., Adeline, or Mae (Sutphin) Turpin. [turpin] Siblings: Dorsey Montgomery; Ernie Montgomery, Billy Montgomery,
Carlos Montgomery, Willie Montgomery, Bessie Huff, Rosie Phillips, Lorraine
Janney, and Ivory Combs; Lucille Gallimore |
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b. Carroll Co., VA, s/o Clifton C.
& Alma (Graham) Turpin. Married Geneva Carylean
Marshall 1-11-1943 Carroll Co., VA, d/o Ocie Williams, father unknown. Geneva, d/o Ocie Clementine Williams
who married John Floyd Marshall |
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Carmon Jean “Jean” Hylton, b. Feb 7, 1942 Floyd Co., VA, d. Nov 12,
2014 Floyd Co., VA, d/o Carmon Fayette & Verna Lee (Guthrie) Hylton Married 1981 Floyd Co., VA William Daniel “Dan” Tuttle, b. NC, s/o
William Realious “Bill” & Vela Mae (Petree) Tuttle. |
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2017 Roanoke Times
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Born Germantown, Hyde Co., NC Marriage: Carmon Jean “Jean” Hylton
1981 Floyd Co., VA, d/o Carmon Fayette & Verna Lee (Guthrie) Hylton Parents: William Realious
“Bill” & Vela Mae (Petree) Tuttle |
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