James H. Turner was a veteran, TENNESSEE 1ST SGT 484 AAF BOMB GROUP WWll. He entered the miltary Feburary 1943 entering the Army Air Force.
James H. Turner is a Weakley County Honor Roll Soldier. His name is listed on the Weakley County War Memorial at Dresden, Tn.
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WAR HERO TO BE HONORED WITH AERIAL SALUTE SUNDAY
On Sunday, June 19, almost two year to the day after he was awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster posthumously, Staff Sgt. James H. Turner will be laid to rest in the soil of his native Martin.
The remains of the fallen war hero, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Turner of Martin, were expected to arrive here this morning at 7:47 on the Seminole. They will be taken to the home of his parents, 119 South College, and will lie in state until Sunday afternoon when services will be held from the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Dr. H. H. Boston will officiate.
Interment will be in East Side Cemetery. Graveside military rites for Sgt. Turner will be conducted by the VFW post which bears his name, Turner-Ford Post, assisted by the American Legion. Immediately following the rites there will be an aerial salute to a fallen comrade by a squadron of fighter planes from Tennessee Air National Guard headquarters at Berry Field, Nashville. There will also be a rose petal service from a plane from Gill-Dove Airport flown by John Robert High who was a captain in the Air Force in World War II. Trail Taps will be blown by a bugler in the plane.
James H. Turner was born in Martin on November 27, 1924. He graduated from Martin High school in 1942 and soon after volunteered for service with the Army Air Corps. He was called to report for duty at Miami, Florida, February 23, 1943. From there he went to Allegheny College in Pennsylvania for a six-months course.
He was subsequently assigned to Scott Field, Illinois, Yuma Air Base, Arizona, Westover Field, Massachusetts, and Mitchell Field, New York. From there he went overseas to Foggia, Italy, on an assignment with the 15th Air Force. As radio-gunner on a B-24, Sgt. Turner participated in numerous long-range bombing attacks over strategic German supply points and communications lines.
On February 26, 1945, he was reported missing in action by the War Department after a heavy bombing sortie in Northern Italy. According to Sgt. Turner's mother, the pilot of the plane, the only one of the crew who returned, said that the crew who returned said that the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft fire near Peblo, Italy, and all the rest of the crew bailed out.
The family of Sgt. Turner received the posthumous awards at a formal military ceremony at Smyrna Army Airbase near Nashville June 21, 1946.
Besides his parents, Sgt. Turner is survived by one brother, Joe Brown Turner of Martin, a sister, Mrs. James C. Edney of Clayton, and a nephew, Jimmy Edney of Clayton.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on June 17, 1949.
SGT. JAMES TURNER LAID TO REST WITH MILITARY HONORS
Last rites of S/Sgt. James H. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner, were conducted Sunday afternoon, June 10, at the First Baptist Church. Reverend H. H. Boston, officiating.
Services at the church were followed by military rites at East Side Cemetery, conducted by the American Legion and the Turner-Ford VFW Post, which bears his name. Six fighter planes from Berry Field, Nashville, flew over the cemetery in salute formation and at a distance they formed the outline of a bomber, symbolizing the missing ship of their fallen comrade.
A Gill-Dove plane piloted by Captain John Robert HIgh, also circled the grave. Rose petals were scattered from the plane and trailing taps were played (from the plane) by Jerry Freeman. Thus laid to rest JImmie Turner in his Martin.
Pallbearers were Gerald Brooks, Baxter Fisher, Max Walker, Bobbie Radford, William Higgs, and Charles Pounds.
A marvelous tribute was paid to Jimmie and family. About 250 cars, estimate of 1,000 people attended the funeral.
Out -of-town persons attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Austin of Tiptonville; Miss Gladys Lee Parham, Nashville; Mr. and Mrs. Ivison Walker, Dresden; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright, Sharon; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and Miss Marjorie Cloar, Union City; Mrs. W. B. Miller, Sr., Miss Lillian Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Steele, Mrs. Carrie Beard and Mrs. Marietta Hartwell, all of Clifton; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Littleton, John R. Littleton, Mrs. Mary G. Mackey and daughter, Monica, all of Detroit, Michigan; Bernie Rohling, Nashville; William H. Turner, Shelbyville; V. Wright, Wartrace; W. B. Hunter, Gallatin; Mrs. John R. Littleton, Hardee and Danie, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burress of Troy; Mr. and Mrs. Rice Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Baldridge, Clayton; Mrs. Frances Berry and Mrs. Dick Phillips of Fulton; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Wiley, Clayton; Mrs. Edna Shaw; Mrs. Angie Creason and Mrs. H. Shaw, Hickman; Mrs. Rip Badger, Phillipey; Mrs. Iva Candler; Mrs. Bruce Chandler and Miss Imogene Chandler and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Enlow, Ridgeley; Mr. and Mrs. Winfford Carter, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Thomas, Woodland Mills.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on July 1, 1949
James H. Turner is a Weakley County Honor Roll Soldier. His name is listed on the Weakley County War Memorial at Dresden, Tn.
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WAR HERO TO BE HONORED WITH AERIAL SALUTE SUNDAY
On Sunday, June 19, almost two year to the day after he was awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster posthumously, Staff Sgt. James H. Turner will be laid to rest in the soil of his native Martin.
The remains of the fallen war hero, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Turner of Martin, were expected to arrive here this morning at 7:47 on the Seminole. They will be taken to the home of his parents, 119 South College, and will lie in state until Sunday afternoon when services will be held from the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Dr. H. H. Boston will officiate.
Interment will be in East Side Cemetery. Graveside military rites for Sgt. Turner will be conducted by the VFW post which bears his name, Turner-Ford Post, assisted by the American Legion. Immediately following the rites there will be an aerial salute to a fallen comrade by a squadron of fighter planes from Tennessee Air National Guard headquarters at Berry Field, Nashville. There will also be a rose petal service from a plane from Gill-Dove Airport flown by John Robert High who was a captain in the Air Force in World War II. Trail Taps will be blown by a bugler in the plane.
James H. Turner was born in Martin on November 27, 1924. He graduated from Martin High school in 1942 and soon after volunteered for service with the Army Air Corps. He was called to report for duty at Miami, Florida, February 23, 1943. From there he went to Allegheny College in Pennsylvania for a six-months course.
He was subsequently assigned to Scott Field, Illinois, Yuma Air Base, Arizona, Westover Field, Massachusetts, and Mitchell Field, New York. From there he went overseas to Foggia, Italy, on an assignment with the 15th Air Force. As radio-gunner on a B-24, Sgt. Turner participated in numerous long-range bombing attacks over strategic German supply points and communications lines.
On February 26, 1945, he was reported missing in action by the War Department after a heavy bombing sortie in Northern Italy. According to Sgt. Turner's mother, the pilot of the plane, the only one of the crew who returned, said that the crew who returned said that the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft fire near Peblo, Italy, and all the rest of the crew bailed out.
The family of Sgt. Turner received the posthumous awards at a formal military ceremony at Smyrna Army Airbase near Nashville June 21, 1946.
Besides his parents, Sgt. Turner is survived by one brother, Joe Brown Turner of Martin, a sister, Mrs. James C. Edney of Clayton, and a nephew, Jimmy Edney of Clayton.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on June 17, 1949.
SGT. JAMES TURNER LAID TO REST WITH MILITARY HONORS
Last rites of S/Sgt. James H. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner, were conducted Sunday afternoon, June 10, at the First Baptist Church. Reverend H. H. Boston, officiating.
Services at the church were followed by military rites at East Side Cemetery, conducted by the American Legion and the Turner-Ford VFW Post, which bears his name. Six fighter planes from Berry Field, Nashville, flew over the cemetery in salute formation and at a distance they formed the outline of a bomber, symbolizing the missing ship of their fallen comrade.
A Gill-Dove plane piloted by Captain John Robert HIgh, also circled the grave. Rose petals were scattered from the plane and trailing taps were played (from the plane) by Jerry Freeman. Thus laid to rest JImmie Turner in his Martin.
Pallbearers were Gerald Brooks, Baxter Fisher, Max Walker, Bobbie Radford, William Higgs, and Charles Pounds.
A marvelous tribute was paid to Jimmie and family. About 250 cars, estimate of 1,000 people attended the funeral.
Out -of-town persons attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Austin of Tiptonville; Miss Gladys Lee Parham, Nashville; Mr. and Mrs. Ivison Walker, Dresden; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright, Sharon; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and Miss Marjorie Cloar, Union City; Mrs. W. B. Miller, Sr., Miss Lillian Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Steele, Mrs. Carrie Beard and Mrs. Marietta Hartwell, all of Clifton; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Littleton, John R. Littleton, Mrs. Mary G. Mackey and daughter, Monica, all of Detroit, Michigan; Bernie Rohling, Nashville; William H. Turner, Shelbyville; V. Wright, Wartrace; W. B. Hunter, Gallatin; Mrs. John R. Littleton, Hardee and Danie, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burress of Troy; Mr. and Mrs. Rice Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Baldridge, Clayton; Mrs. Frances Berry and Mrs. Dick Phillips of Fulton; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Wiley, Clayton; Mrs. Edna Shaw; Mrs. Angie Creason and Mrs. H. Shaw, Hickman; Mrs. Rip Badger, Phillipey; Mrs. Iva Candler; Mrs. Bruce Chandler and Miss Imogene Chandler and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Enlow, Ridgeley; Mr. and Mrs. Winfford Carter, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Thomas, Woodland Mills.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on July 1, 1949
James H. Turner was a veteran, TENNESSEE 1ST SGT 484 AAF BOMB GROUP WWll. He entered the miltary Feburary 1943 entering the Army Air Force.
James H. Turner is a Weakley County Honor Roll Soldier. His name is listed on the Weakley County War Memorial at Dresden, Tn.
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WAR HERO TO BE HONORED WITH AERIAL SALUTE SUNDAY
On Sunday, June 19, almost two year to the day after he was awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster posthumously, Staff Sgt. James H. Turner will be laid to rest in the soil of his native Martin.
The remains of the fallen war hero, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Turner of Martin, were expected to arrive here this morning at 7:47 on the Seminole. They will be taken to the home of his parents, 119 South College, and will lie in state until Sunday afternoon when services will be held from the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Dr. H. H. Boston will officiate.
Interment will be in East Side Cemetery. Graveside military rites for Sgt. Turner will be conducted by the VFW post which bears his name, Turner-Ford Post, assisted by the American Legion. Immediately following the rites there will be an aerial salute to a fallen comrade by a squadron of fighter planes from Tennessee Air National Guard headquarters at Berry Field, Nashville. There will also be a rose petal service from a plane from Gill-Dove Airport flown by John Robert High who was a captain in the Air Force in World War II. Trail Taps will be blown by a bugler in the plane.
James H. Turner was born in Martin on November 27, 1924. He graduated from Martin High school in 1942 and soon after volunteered for service with the Army Air Corps. He was called to report for duty at Miami, Florida, February 23, 1943. From there he went to Allegheny College in Pennsylvania for a six-months course.
He was subsequently assigned to Scott Field, Illinois, Yuma Air Base, Arizona, Westover Field, Massachusetts, and Mitchell Field, New York. From there he went overseas to Foggia, Italy, on an assignment with the 15th Air Force. As radio-gunner on a B-24, Sgt. Turner participated in numerous long-range bombing attacks over strategic German supply points and communications lines.
On February 26, 1945, he was reported missing in action by the War Department after a heavy bombing sortie in Northern Italy. According to Sgt. Turner's mother, the pilot of the plane, the only one of the crew who returned, said that the crew who returned said that the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft fire near Peblo, Italy, and all the rest of the crew bailed out.
The family of Sgt. Turner received the posthumous awards at a formal military ceremony at Smyrna Army Airbase near Nashville June 21, 1946.
Besides his parents, Sgt. Turner is survived by one brother, Joe Brown Turner of Martin, a sister, Mrs. James C. Edney of Clayton, and a nephew, Jimmy Edney of Clayton.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on June 17, 1949.
SGT. JAMES TURNER LAID TO REST WITH MILITARY HONORS
Last rites of S/Sgt. James H. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner, were conducted Sunday afternoon, June 10, at the First Baptist Church. Reverend H. H. Boston, officiating.
Services at the church were followed by military rites at East Side Cemetery, conducted by the American Legion and the Turner-Ford VFW Post, which bears his name. Six fighter planes from Berry Field, Nashville, flew over the cemetery in salute formation and at a distance they formed the outline of a bomber, symbolizing the missing ship of their fallen comrade.
A Gill-Dove plane piloted by Captain John Robert HIgh, also circled the grave. Rose petals were scattered from the plane and trailing taps were played (from the plane) by Jerry Freeman. Thus laid to rest JImmie Turner in his Martin.
Pallbearers were Gerald Brooks, Baxter Fisher, Max Walker, Bobbie Radford, William Higgs, and Charles Pounds.
A marvelous tribute was paid to Jimmie and family. About 250 cars, estimate of 1,000 people attended the funeral.
Out -of-town persons attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Austin of Tiptonville; Miss Gladys Lee Parham, Nashville; Mr. and Mrs. Ivison Walker, Dresden; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright, Sharon; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and Miss Marjorie Cloar, Union City; Mrs. W. B. Miller, Sr., Miss Lillian Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Steele, Mrs. Carrie Beard and Mrs. Marietta Hartwell, all of Clifton; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Littleton, John R. Littleton, Mrs. Mary G. Mackey and daughter, Monica, all of Detroit, Michigan; Bernie Rohling, Nashville; William H. Turner, Shelbyville; V. Wright, Wartrace; W. B. Hunter, Gallatin; Mrs. John R. Littleton, Hardee and Danie, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burress of Troy; Mr. and Mrs. Rice Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Baldridge, Clayton; Mrs. Frances Berry and Mrs. Dick Phillips of Fulton; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Wiley, Clayton; Mrs. Edna Shaw; Mrs. Angie Creason and Mrs. H. Shaw, Hickman; Mrs. Rip Badger, Phillipey; Mrs. Iva Candler; Mrs. Bruce Chandler and Miss Imogene Chandler and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Enlow, Ridgeley; Mr. and Mrs. Winfford Carter, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Thomas, Woodland Mills.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on July 1, 1949
James H. Turner is a Weakley County Honor Roll Soldier. His name is listed on the Weakley County War Memorial at Dresden, Tn.
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WAR HERO TO BE HONORED WITH AERIAL SALUTE SUNDAY
On Sunday, June 19, almost two year to the day after he was awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster posthumously, Staff Sgt. James H. Turner will be laid to rest in the soil of his native Martin.
The remains of the fallen war hero, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Turner of Martin, were expected to arrive here this morning at 7:47 on the Seminole. They will be taken to the home of his parents, 119 South College, and will lie in state until Sunday afternoon when services will be held from the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Dr. H. H. Boston will officiate.
Interment will be in East Side Cemetery. Graveside military rites for Sgt. Turner will be conducted by the VFW post which bears his name, Turner-Ford Post, assisted by the American Legion. Immediately following the rites there will be an aerial salute to a fallen comrade by a squadron of fighter planes from Tennessee Air National Guard headquarters at Berry Field, Nashville. There will also be a rose petal service from a plane from Gill-Dove Airport flown by John Robert High who was a captain in the Air Force in World War II. Trail Taps will be blown by a bugler in the plane.
James H. Turner was born in Martin on November 27, 1924. He graduated from Martin High school in 1942 and soon after volunteered for service with the Army Air Corps. He was called to report for duty at Miami, Florida, February 23, 1943. From there he went to Allegheny College in Pennsylvania for a six-months course.
He was subsequently assigned to Scott Field, Illinois, Yuma Air Base, Arizona, Westover Field, Massachusetts, and Mitchell Field, New York. From there he went overseas to Foggia, Italy, on an assignment with the 15th Air Force. As radio-gunner on a B-24, Sgt. Turner participated in numerous long-range bombing attacks over strategic German supply points and communications lines.
On February 26, 1945, he was reported missing in action by the War Department after a heavy bombing sortie in Northern Italy. According to Sgt. Turner's mother, the pilot of the plane, the only one of the crew who returned, said that the crew who returned said that the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft fire near Peblo, Italy, and all the rest of the crew bailed out.
The family of Sgt. Turner received the posthumous awards at a formal military ceremony at Smyrna Army Airbase near Nashville June 21, 1946.
Besides his parents, Sgt. Turner is survived by one brother, Joe Brown Turner of Martin, a sister, Mrs. James C. Edney of Clayton, and a nephew, Jimmy Edney of Clayton.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on June 17, 1949.
SGT. JAMES TURNER LAID TO REST WITH MILITARY HONORS
Last rites of S/Sgt. James H. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner, were conducted Sunday afternoon, June 10, at the First Baptist Church. Reverend H. H. Boston, officiating.
Services at the church were followed by military rites at East Side Cemetery, conducted by the American Legion and the Turner-Ford VFW Post, which bears his name. Six fighter planes from Berry Field, Nashville, flew over the cemetery in salute formation and at a distance they formed the outline of a bomber, symbolizing the missing ship of their fallen comrade.
A Gill-Dove plane piloted by Captain John Robert HIgh, also circled the grave. Rose petals were scattered from the plane and trailing taps were played (from the plane) by Jerry Freeman. Thus laid to rest JImmie Turner in his Martin.
Pallbearers were Gerald Brooks, Baxter Fisher, Max Walker, Bobbie Radford, William Higgs, and Charles Pounds.
A marvelous tribute was paid to Jimmie and family. About 250 cars, estimate of 1,000 people attended the funeral.
Out -of-town persons attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Austin of Tiptonville; Miss Gladys Lee Parham, Nashville; Mr. and Mrs. Ivison Walker, Dresden; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright, Sharon; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and Miss Marjorie Cloar, Union City; Mrs. W. B. Miller, Sr., Miss Lillian Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Steele, Mrs. Carrie Beard and Mrs. Marietta Hartwell, all of Clifton; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Littleton, John R. Littleton, Mrs. Mary G. Mackey and daughter, Monica, all of Detroit, Michigan; Bernie Rohling, Nashville; William H. Turner, Shelbyville; V. Wright, Wartrace; W. B. Hunter, Gallatin; Mrs. John R. Littleton, Hardee and Danie, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burress of Troy; Mr. and Mrs. Rice Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Baldridge, Clayton; Mrs. Frances Berry and Mrs. Dick Phillips of Fulton; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Wiley, Clayton; Mrs. Edna Shaw; Mrs. Angie Creason and Mrs. H. Shaw, Hickman; Mrs. Rip Badger, Phillipey; Mrs. Iva Candler; Mrs. Bruce Chandler and Miss Imogene Chandler and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Enlow, Ridgeley; Mr. and Mrs. Winfford Carter, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Thomas, Woodland Mills.
Printed in the Weakley County Press on July 1, 1949
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