William Turner Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston January 2008




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the William Turner Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location on the left side of SR 1720 (Penny Road) About 500 feet from the road and about 0.9 mile from the intersection of SR 1720 (Penny road) and Highway NC # 41



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.93514 N
    77.73993 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Turner, Single Stone "Beloved Son's of Walter A. and Nannie Turner." Osborne C. Turner May 6, 1920 Killed in Germany Oct. 6, 1944 NORTH CAROLINA PFC 318 INF WORLD WAR II Same stone Hubert J. Turner Nov. 30, 1921 Killed in France Sept. 18, 1944 NORTH CAROLINA PFC 317 INF 80 INF DIV WORLD WAR II Walter A. Turner March 5, 1898 Dec. 26, 1943 Nannie B. Turner Wife of Walter A. Turner Oct. 11, 1897 Feb. 7, 1950 BUDDY Son of Walter and Nannie Turner Nov. 18, 1936 Dec. 6, 1937 William Turner Aug. 13, 1872 Feb. 24, 1910 Rachel Turner Wife of William Turner Oct. 8, 1868 May 28, 1948 INFANT of William and Rachel A. Turner Born and died Aug. 28, 1939 MYRTLE A. Wife of G. A. Turner Oct. 2, 1899 Aug. 28, 1939 ESSIE C. Daughter of G. H. and Myrtle Turner June 9, 1924 Feb. 1925 CLARENCE Son of G. H. and Myrtle Turner Aug. 19, 1939 NOD RUBY L. Daughter of G. H. and Rachel Turner Nov. 27, 1940 NOD JOHN GEORGE Infant Son of G. H. and Rachel Turner Nov. 1, 1941 NOD Katie Esabell Wife of Thomas H. Brinson Dec. 29, 1905 April 6, 1926 Foot Stone with Initial O C T No other info

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