Emerson worked in the press room of The Marion Star for 44 years. Children: Marilyn (Carwile), Nancy (Martin), Tom, Arlene (Petersen) (step daughter). Siblings: Charles, Charline, Chester, Alice (Geyer). Donna and Douglass died as babies and are buried with his parents Adah (Melott) and Merritt Turner in Raymond Cemetery, Raymond, OH along with his maternal grandparents, Solomon and Olive Melott. Married Dessie F. (Hill) Barrett (pictured) on August 8, 1963.
Emerson worked in the press room of The Marion Star for 44 years. Children: Marilyn (Carwile), Nancy (Martin), Tom, Arlene (Petersen) (step daughter). Siblings: Charles, Charline, Chester, Alice (Geyer). Donna and Douglass died as babies and are buried with his parents Adah (Melott) and Merritt Turner in Raymond Cemetery, Raymond, OH along with his maternal grandparents, Solomon and Olive Melott. Married Dessie F. (Hill) Barrett (pictured) on August 8, 1963.
