J. R. Turner

J. R. Turner, age 102, died peacefully, June 1, 2012 in Danville. He was born Sept. 13, 1909 in Wing, Ark., youngest son of John Rana and Effie Woolbright Turner. He grew up with siblings, Mima, Sam and Buell. He married the former Mabel Atkinson and moved to Ola in 1937, where he operated several businesses, including lumber and pulp wood businesses and gas stations during World War II. In 1949 he moved to West Texas, working in the home building industry in oil boom country, eventually opening Turner Heating and Cooling in Kermit, Texas. He eventually returned to Yell County, and Wing, and lived in Ola and Danville for the last several years. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, James Atkinson Turner, and siblings, Mima Buford, Buell Turner and Sam Turner. He is survived by his son, John E. Turner (Sally Connolly) of Louisville, Ky., and five grandchildren, Leigh Price (Tim), Lora Shields (Jerry), and Todd Turner (Julie Boatright), all of Louisville Kentucky, Jay and Ty Turner of Texas; eight great-grandchildren, Evan Shields, Benjamin Price, Garrett Shields, Jonathon Price, Sarah Price, and Aaron Price,and niece, Loucinda Buford, nephews Jimmie Buell Buford, Donald Ray Buford, Robert Buford, and Sam Turner. He requested his body be donated to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. A memorial service will be held at the Community Church in Wing, Yell County, at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 30. Family, friends, and acquaintances are welcome to come and share their own personal memories of JR. Memorials may be made to the Turner Memorial Cemetery at Wing, care of Loucinda Buford, P. O. Box 747, Pottsville, Ark. 72858