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Homer W. Turner
(1874-1946)

Homer at the wheels of a family automobile surrounded by family -- standing, L-R: Leona Turner, Mary Turner, George Turner, Al Winger, George Turner, Hazel Johnson, Robert and Nora White, nancy Leonard, Sally Turner. Seated in car, L-R: Nora Turner, unknown baby, Homer Turner, Ed Leonard. Seated on running board, L-R: Madelyn White, Raymond Turner, Bill Turner

Homer W. Turner was born in 1873 in Fayette County, PA, the son of George Washington and Mary Frances (White) Turner.

He was a farmer and was married to Sally B. (?) (1878- ? ). The Turners had at least six children, Sophia "Sofa" White Holland, Lenora White, George E. Turner, James A. Turner, Hazel Johnson and Agnes Turner, all born between the years 1898 and 1905. The 1900 census shows the family living in Stewart Township, just a few doors away from Homer's older married sister, Elizabeth and George Smalley.

Sadly, Mary passed away sometime before 1910.

When the census was taken in 1910, widower Homer and the children lived next door to his father. By 1930, he and his former sister in law, the widowed Flora Turner, were living together as stated in the U.S. census.

Homer passed away at his home at Chalk Hill at the age of 73 on July 30, 1946. The funeral and burial were held at the Christ Evangelical Church. His obituary in the Uniontown newspaper said he was survived by nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. At the time, his son George and daughters Sophia Holland, Hazel Johnson and Mrs. Albert Wenger were all residing in Philadelphia, PA.

~ Daughter Sophia (Turner) Holland ~

Daughter Sophia Turner (1897-1986) married Edmund Holland. Circa 1973, she lived in Conshohocken, near Philadelphia.

They had at least one son, Rev. Charles Edward Holland.

Sophia died in February 1986. Their son Charles made his home in Marlton, NJ.

~ Daughter Lenora "Nora" (Turner) White ~

Daughter Lenora "Nora" Turner (1899-1973) married Robert M. White Jr. (1896-1964), a cousin and the son of Robert Marshall White. They lived in Hopwood and were members of the Central Christian Church. The Whites had four children: Robert W. White, Madeline Walters, Frances Meyer and Sally Cluelow.

Tragically, son Robert was killed in a truck accident on West Main Street in Uniontown at the age of 30, on Aug. 25, 1950.

Robert passed away on April 6, 1964, with burial at Chalk Hill Cemetery following funeral arrangements handled by the Minerd Funeral Home.

Later in life, Lenora made her home with or near her daughters in Coraopolis, Allegheny County, PA, where she belonged to the St. Andrew Lutheran Church. She passed away at the age of 74 on Dec. 6, 1973, at the Sewickley Valley Hospital. She was laid to rest in the Chalk Hill Cemetery.

~ Daughter Hazel (Turner) Johnson ~

Daughter Hazel Turner (1903-1984) married Leonard Johnson. She resided in Trevose, Bucks County, PA in 1973.

Hazel passed away in Lackawanna County, PA in July 1984.