Clark County Clipper, February 23, 1928
DEATH OF WADE C. TURNER
(World War I Veteran)
Wade C. Turner was born April 19, 1898. He became a member of the Methodist
church before the World War. When this country entered the war he joined the
Navy and served his country in that capacity for four years. While in the Navy
he had the misfortune to get one of his arms broken twice, and after he left the
Navy it was broken again in the same place.
After his discharge from the Navy he went to New York where he was united in
marriage to Babe Magill. He later contracted tuberculosis and was taken to the
U. S. hospital for care and treatment. He died in the hospital at 3:30 on the
morning of February 17, 1928.
He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Turner of Ashland and about two years
ago he with his wife visited them here in Ashland. He leaves his father, two
brothers, three sisters, his grandparents, aunts and uncles and several cousins
and nieces, besides his wife and one child, he having never seen the child.
Contributed by ~Shirley Brier~ October 27, 2005.
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