The Paris News
Oklahoma News Bureau
Hugo, Okla.
Sun. Dec. 21, 1975
Pg. 13A
Jack Turner, 46-year-old employee of the City of Hugo, died about 6 p.m. Friday at Memorial Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home, 209 E. Lowery. He was a retired veteran of the U. S. Navy with service in Korea and Vietnam. He was a gunner second class during his service period.
Born Aug. 9, 1929, in Hugo a son of Kile Turner and Nellie (McCerry) Turner. His death was unexpected coming at the end of a day's work as an employee of the city water department. He was a former Hugo city policeman working during the administration of Gerald Milburn as chief. He was an active member of the Disabled American Veterans organization here and had lived in Choctaw County most of his life.
Installation of a flag pole and the daily flying of the American flag in the veteran's burial area, Memory Lane, in Mt. Olivet Cemetery was a personal volunteer project of Turner and Ed Love.
Jack Dorman Turner is survived by his wife, the former Miss Margie Brown; one brother, W. E. Campbell Jr. of Sulphur Springs, Tex. and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Clinton of Hugo and Mrs. Zena Newman of Dallas, Tex.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Lampton Funeral Home. A military detail from McAlester will present the flag to his wife preceding committal in Mt Olivet Cemetery.
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The Paris News
Oklahoma News Bureau
Hugo, Okla.
Sun. Dec. 21, 1975
Pg. 13A
Jack Turner, 46-year-old employee of the City of Hugo, died about 6 p.m. Friday at Memorial Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home, 209 E. Lowery. He was a retired veteran of the U. S. Navy with service in Korea and Vietnam. He was a gunner second class during his service period.
Born Aug. 9, 1929, in Hugo a son of Kile Turner and Nellie (McCerry) Turner. His death was unexpected coming at the end of a day's work as an employee of the city water department. He was a former Hugo city policeman working during the administration of Gerald Milburn as chief. He was an active member of the Disabled American Veterans organization here and had lived in Choctaw County most of his life.
Installation of a flag pole and the daily flying of the American flag in the veteran's burial area, Memory Lane, in Mt. Olivet Cemetery was a personal volunteer project of Turner and Ed Love.
Jack Dorman Turner is survived by his wife, the former Miss Margie Brown; one brother, W. E. Campbell Jr. of Sulphur Springs, Tex. and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Clinton of Hugo and Mrs. Zena Newman of Dallas, Tex.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Lampton Funeral Home. A military detail from McAlester will present the flag to his wife preceding committal in Mt Olivet Cemetery.
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