Article from unknown source with handwritten date of Oct 29, 1957. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Dr. Turner, Madison's Only Physician, Dies "Dr. T.R. Turner, 57, osteopathic physician, Madison's only physician, died at 10:20 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Community Hospital where he had gone to make his routine morning calls. Dr. Turner became ill a short distance from Moberly but managed to drive on to the hospital. He died about twenty minutes after his arrival. His death was due to a heart condition with which he had been afflicted for a year. Dr. Thurman Raymond Turner was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Turner of Herschel, Kentucky. When 12 years old, he and his family move to Honaker, Virginia, where he continued his public schooling and graduated in 1918. He was enrolled for three months in a Student Army Training Corps at Emory and Henry College at Emory Virginia. In 1924, he enrolled in the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery and graduated with the class of 1928. Dr. Turner had his intern training in Laughlin and the A.S.O. Hospitals in Kirksville. In 1928, he located at Bristol, Tennessee, next came to Callao, Missouri where he practiced until July 1931, when he came to Madison and established his office and home. Dr. Turner was a Trustee of Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, also served as Coroner of Monroe County. He was on the Madison School Board for two years, member of the Masonic Order, served as president of the Rotary Club. In college, he served as president of the Alpha Chapter of Psi Sigma Alpha - national honorary Scholastic Fraternity. He was a member of Madison Baptist Church. Dr. Turner was married to Hilda Fiedler of Bevier in 1925. Surviving are his wife; a son, Dr. Thomas R. Turner; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Thomas R. Turner, of Kansas City; a brother, Dr. T.M. Turner of Centralia; his mother,, Mrs. Clarence Turner of Honaker, Virginia; and 2 nieces Mrs. Edward (Lois) Kesser, Chicago, Illinois; and Mrs. Ramona (Poteet) Oats, Kansas City, Missouri. Burial was at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, with graveside services held by the Masonic Lodge. Past presidents of the Missouri Osteopathic Association served as pallbearers." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562