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Submitted: 9/14/21 • Approved: 9/14/21 • Last Updated: 9/17/21 • R456744-G456742-S3
Bill E.
1918-1985
Z. Pearl
1926-1995
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*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Bill E.
Services for Bill E. Turnage, 67, 513 W. Wilson, who died Thursday in High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be at Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
An operator for E.D. Baker, he was a native of Idabell, Okla., and a Borger resident since 1949.
He was a member of the Baptist Church and a member of the Moose Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl Turnage of the home; one son, William E. Turnage of Greenbriar, Ark.; four daughters, Carolyn Strickland of Houston; Linda Shelton, of Borger; Ida Hicks of Alta Loma, Tex.; Ruby Bryant of Stevens, Ark.; Henry Turnage of Colorado City, Tex.; two sisters, Addie Kagan and Ida Turnage of Clifton N.J.; and thirteen grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Friday, April 26, 1985)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Bill Turnage
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1918
Residence: New Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Zada Pearl Adams
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 20
Spouse's Residence: New Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1943
Marriage License Date: 20 Jul 1943
Marriage County: Hempstead
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1986676
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Bill Turnage
Death Date: 25 Apr 1985
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Bill Turnage
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 3 Apr 1918
Last Benefit: 79007, Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, United States of America
Died: Apr 1985
*Obituary Z. Pearl
Funeral services for Pearl Turnage, 69, Borger, were at 11 a.m. today at Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
She died Saturday, Nov. 18, 1995 in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
A native of Paris, Texas, she had been a Borger resident since 1944. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.
She married Bill Turnage in 1943 in Hope, Ark. He preceded her in death in 1985.
Survivors include a son, William Turnage of Greenbriar, Ark.; three daughters, Carolyn DeVoll of Porter; Linda Heeter of Fritch; and Ida Hicks of Porter; three brothers, George Adams and Prentis Adams, both of Borger; and Charlie Adams of Wilmer; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Casketbearers were Paul Ross, Bill Montrose, Leon Grist, Neal Cuffel, J.C. Badgett, and Roy Montrose.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, November 21, 1995, Page 12)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Bill Turnage
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1918
Residence: New Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Zada Pearl Adams
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 20
Spouse's Residence: New Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1943
Marriage License Date: 20 Jul 1943
Marriage County: Hempstead
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1986676
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