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- Son of James Garfield Turner, Sr. and Bertha Bulson Turner. Husband of Mildred Baird A self-inflicted gun would was fatal to James Garfield Turner, Jr., 48, on Saturday afternoon at his home in Pineville. The body was found by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Turner, about 6:45 p.m. upon her return home from work. She is employed as a nurse at the Dowling Nursing Home at Pulaski. Mrs. Turner immediately called Dr. Thompson, who notified police authorities. It was determined that Mr. Turner shot himself with a rifle about 3:45 p.m. as he had been dead several hours when discovered. The body was released to the funeral home in Altmar. Mr. Turner was said to have been in poor health for several months and had been despondent. Mr. Turner was born in Camden, on Feb. 7, 1908, the son of James and Bertha Bulson Turner. He always lived in this vicinity and was an auto mechanic by trade. Surviving are his Father; his wife, the former Mildred Baird; a daughter, Mrs. Glen (Barbara)Keeney, Altmar; a son, Roland Turner, with the U.S. Army at Fort Knox; three sisters, Mrs. Marie Karker, Clay; Mrs. Ethel Searles, Cortland; Mrs. Betty Dawley, Pulaski; six brothers, Ernest and Hubert, Syracuse; Jay, Altmar; Theodore of Camden; Robert, McConnellsville; and Raymond, of Boston, Mass; two grandchildren. ~ The Palladium-Times, Oswego, NY, Monday, June 18, 1956
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1908 - 1956 (48 years)
d. 30 Apr 1958 (Age 75 years)