Turner James RICHARD, Sr.

- 1972

• Name	Turner James RICHARD
  Suffix	Sr.
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1972	Potters Field, Slaton (Lubbock Co) Texas   [1]
  Died	9 Apr 1972	Colorado Springs, Texas   [2]
  Person ID	I10753	Looking Backwards - All Our Relations
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Earnest TURNER
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gertrude UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Algerita (Algie) (Rita) CLARK,   b. 22 Oct 1939, Slaton (LubbockCounty) Texas ,   d. 20 Jul 2011, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1957	Slaton (Lubbock County) Texas
  Children	+ 1. J.R. TURNER, Jr.   2. W.L. TURNER + 3. J.L. TURNER
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F4302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The following information from the memory of Annie Mae Clark Tucker: James Richard had little or no formal education. He was unable to read or write other than to sign his name. He was a gifted artist and was able to reproduce freehand anything he could look at a picture of or any object he could look at while drawing it. He worked in the maintinance department for the city of Lubbock, Texas as a "SIGN PAINTER" as well as a trash collector and a gate keeper at the city dump. Other jobs he had were as a snake handler in the circus and street maintinance for the city of Slaton, Texas. He also worked on a dairy farm. His hobbies included Tooling Leather, drawing, Knife throwing.

  
  

• Reference

  Your Name Here. "Turner James RICHARD, Sr.". LookingBackwards ~ All Our Relations. https://lookingbackwards.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I10753&tree=lb1 (accessed April 20, 2024).