John W. Turner; age 71 years; one
of the oldest and best known residents of Westmoreland County; died
at 9:30 a. m. Thursday morning;June 4;1925; at his
home in Pricedale. Death was due
to a paralytic stroke; which he suffered on October 13; 1924 and which
has kept him bedfast ever since. Mr.
Turner was born at Millvale; Warren
County; Virginia; December 20; 1853.
He moved to Westmoreland County on
March 25; 1881 and has lived there
ever since. On October 10;
1878 he
married Annie B. Hayden; and to
the couple thirteen children were born. He is survived by his wife Annie B.
Turner; five sons; John E.; Grover C.;Jay Calvin;Arthur B.;of Pricedale and Michael M.of Irwin. Six daughters;Mrs.Edward Stangier and Mrs.C.Clarence Evans of Penn;Mrs.Harvey Bush of Brownsville;Mrs.Robert Frost of Belle Vernon and Mrs.George Gillingham of Webster;and Grace at home. Twenty-two grandchildren and one great-grandson;one brother;J.R.Turner of Convoy;Ohio;and two sisters;Mrs.John Perkins of Springfield;Kentucky and Mrs.George Sargent of Stevens City;Va.also survive. Funeral services will be held from the late home on Sunday afternoon;June 7;1925. Interment will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery.