No one hears the door that opens, when they pass beyond our call. Soft as the dropping of a rose, one by one our loved ones fall.
Amos Turner was born June 19, 1910, in Nashville, Ark., to Emmett and Mahalia Turner. He was the first born of three children. He was preceded in death by his brother, Sherely Turner. His surviving sister, Marguerite Davis, resides in Denver.
Amos and his siblings were reared and raised in St. Louis, Mo.
He was reared in a Christian home and confessed Christ at an early age. He recently returned to his former church home, Allen Chapel A.M.F. after having belonged several years to the church of his late wife, Annie Bell Turner.
Amos left home and moved to Cheyenne on April 13, 1930. He went into the Army in 1943, and received an honorable discharge after serving in Guadalcanal during World War II. He was employed at Walton Motors and the Union Pacific Railroad. He retired in 1975 from the Civil Service Commission after having been employed there for more than 25 years.
He met and married Annie Bell Robinson on Aug. 25, 1949, and to this union one daughter, Lucinda was born. By previous marriages, he fathered four daughters, Wilma Streater of Nashville, Janice Tyler of Little Rock, Ark., and Beverly Markham and Mary Black, who are now deceased.
He was proceeded in death by his loving wife, Annie Bell, in September 2001.
On May 19 at 2:20 p.m., he finished his race and claimed the victory freeing him from the suffering of cancer.
He leaves to cherish his memory three daughters: Wilma Streater, Janice Tyler and Lucinda Hasty and two sons, Toriano Hasty and George Hasty. Also, he leaves the following grandchildren, Patricia Jackson, Pamela Dixson, Lance Lyons, Angela King, Yvette Turner, Tony Turner, Cheryl Beeler, Sheretta Penn, Jackie Bunch, Ronald Markham, Debbie Black and Robert Black. Amos has 21 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, many cousins and friends.
Submitted by Jerry (#47207041), Nov 2012
No one hears the door that opens, when they pass beyond our call. Soft as the dropping of a rose, one by one our loved ones fall.
Amos Turner was born June 19, 1910, in Nashville, Ark., to Emmett and Mahalia Turner. He was the first born of three children. He was preceded in death by his brother, Sherely Turner. His surviving sister, Marguerite Davis, resides in Denver.
Amos and his siblings were reared and raised in St. Louis, Mo.
He was reared in a Christian home and confessed Christ at an early age. He recently returned to his former church home, Allen Chapel A.M.F. after having belonged several years to the church of his late wife, Annie Bell Turner.
Amos left home and moved to Cheyenne on April 13, 1930. He went into the Army in 1943, and received an honorable discharge after serving in Guadalcanal during World War II. He was employed at Walton Motors and the Union Pacific Railroad. He retired in 1975 from the Civil Service Commission after having been employed there for more than 25 years.
He met and married Annie Bell Robinson on Aug. 25, 1949, and to this union one daughter, Lucinda was born. By previous marriages, he fathered four daughters, Wilma Streater of Nashville, Janice Tyler of Little Rock, Ark., and Beverly Markham and Mary Black, who are now deceased.
He was proceeded in death by his loving wife, Annie Bell, in September 2001.
On May 19 at 2:20 p.m., he finished his race and claimed the victory freeing him from the suffering of cancer.
He leaves to cherish his memory three daughters: Wilma Streater, Janice Tyler and Lucinda Hasty and two sons, Toriano Hasty and George Hasty. Also, he leaves the following grandchildren, Patricia Jackson, Pamela Dixson, Lance Lyons, Angela King, Yvette Turner, Tony Turner, Cheryl Beeler, Sheretta Penn, Jackie Bunch, Ronald Markham, Debbie Black and Robert Black. Amos has 21 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, many cousins and friends.
Submitted by Jerry (#47207041), Nov 2012
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