Lowell D. Turner, 75, died Jan. 30 at River Park Hospital in McMinnville, Tenn. He was a member of the Smyrna Church of Christ. Turner was born Dec. 21, 1916, near Mangum Okla., to Samuel Arthur and Mae Jones Turner. The Turner family moved to Warren County, Tenn., in 1922 to the Smyrna community. Turner graduated from Irving College High School in 1932, and in 1936 entered Buritt College in Spencer, Tenn. He completed two years of college before teaching in the Warren County schools for the next two years. He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Rome, Ga., and at Volunteer Army Ammunition plant near Chattanooga, Tenn., before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, Turner returned to the ammunition plant. During this time he attended the University of Chattanooga and Cleveland State College, acquiring an associate degree in criminal justice. He also owned and operated Turner’s Leather Goods in Chattanooga for 43 years. After retirement Turner published two books—The First 100 Years of the Smyrna Church of Christ and The Thomas Turner Lineage. Turner was preceded in death by his wife, Rebecca Booth Turner. He is survived by two sons, Samuel D. Turner of Washington, D.C., and David Turner of Chattanooga; one daughter, Nancy Dow of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; two sisters, Joyce Walace of Rock Island, Imogene Byars of McMinnville; and one brother, Samuel A. Turner of Murfreesboro; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the High Funeral Home in McMinnville by Marion West and Terry Boyd. Burial and military graveside rites were in the Smyrna cemetery near McMinnville. - Gospel Advocate, March, 1992, page 29.
Lowell D. Turner, 75, died Jan. 30 at River Park Hospital in McMinnville, Tenn. He was a member of the Smyrna Church of Christ. Turner was born Dec. 21, 1916, near Mangum Okla., to Samuel Arthur and Mae Jones Turner. The Turner family moved to Warren County, Tenn., in 1922 to the Smyrna community. Turner graduated from Irving College High School in 1932, and in 1936 entered Buritt College in Spencer, Tenn. He completed two years of college before teaching in the Warren County schools for the next two years. He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Rome, Ga., and at Volunteer Army Ammunition plant near Chattanooga, Tenn., before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, Turner returned to the ammunition plant. During this time he attended the University of Chattanooga and Cleveland State College, acquiring an associate degree in criminal justice. He also owned and operated Turner’s Leather Goods in Chattanooga for 43 years. After retirement Turner published two books—The First 100 Years of the Smyrna Church of Christ and The Thomas Turner Lineage. Turner was preceded in death by his wife, Rebecca Booth Turner. He is survived by two sons, Samuel D. Turner of Washington, D.C., and David Turner of Chattanooga; one daughter, Nancy Dow of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; two sisters, Joyce Walace of Rock Island, Imogene Byars of McMinnville; and one brother, Samuel A. Turner of Murfreesboro; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the High Funeral Home in McMinnville by Marion West and Terry Boyd. Burial and military graveside rites were in the Smyrna cemetery near McMinnville. - Gospel Advocate, March, 1992, page 29.
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