Complex sentence: Turner was born in Plains, Texas, in 1919, the son of Willie Lloyd Turner (1895--1973) and Ida Fay (Rushing) Turner (1893--1984).
Split into simpler sentences: Turner was born in Plains, Texas, in 1919. He was the son of Willie Lloyd Turner (1895--1973) and Ida Fay (Rushing) Turner (1893--1984).