TURNER, Clarence R. (Roosevelt) "Zeb", 5 Oct 1915 - 9 Sep 1962. Tennessee, AOM2 US Navy WWII. (s/o James Anderson & Anna (Austin) Turner. Block "A".
ZEB TURNER DIES SUNDAY IN NASHVILLE.
Monday September 10, 1962. (Columbia) Daily Herald
Clarence R. "Zeb" Turner a veteran of WWII died yesterday (Sunday 9/9/1962) at a Nashville Hospital after suffering a heart attack. Services will be Tuesday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The Rev _ _ _ _ Knupp, pastor of Highland Baptist Church is to officiate. The body will lie in state at the funeral home. A native of Maury County Turner was educated in the Columbia Schools. He joined the Navy in 1939 and served as aviation ordnance man aboard the Air Craft Carrier USS Intrepid and served in both the Atlantic & Pacific Theaters. He received a discharge from wounds received when his ship was torpedoed in 1944.
He was the son of Anna Austin Turner and the late James Anderson Turner. In addition to his mother he is survived by three sisters,
Mrs J. W. Sharp - Nashville, Mrs Howell Z. Wantland - Columbia, Mrs. William G. Puckett - Columbia. He is survived by six brothers,
Marshall Turner, Akron OH, William H. Turner, Paul J. Turner, Cecil T. Turner, Marvin M. Turner & Charles A. Turner.
half sister _ _(Mrs?) H.S. Tice.
Obituary transcribed from a news paper clipping copy that had missing text on right edge. Some info reconstructed and the pall bearers were omitted - inability to read the text. C. Wayne Austin. 9 Jul 2011.
Information & photo by Linda Sharp Yates and Carolyn Sharp Hicks.
