The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-02-24
CAPTAIN ROBERT Fl.
TURNER PASSES AWAY

| away at Holcomb last Saturday morn
ing at the home of Mr.. w. T. Turner
with whom he had been boarding fol
many months, in the 9th year of his
age. His remains were buried that
afternoon at the Spring Hill church
burylng ground.
Captain Turner has been in some
respects a child for several wears
Something like two years ago, his
daughters, all of whom live in distant
StateS;' visited him and persuaded him
to return with them, thinking that
they could make him contented and
that 1t would be so much better for
him to be with them at one of their
| homes. He remained away only a
few months. but during most Of that
time he was insisting that he be al
lowed TO return to Mississippi. So
they induced him to 90 to the Old
Soldiers Home at BeauVoir. There
are a number there whom he used to
know, but he refused to stav there
long and insisted that HolcOmb was
the only place for him, so he went
back there and arrangements were
made for him at Mr. Turner's. not q
relative however, and it was there
that the end came. He had been
around and about HOlcOmb until a
short while ago when one day he lust
gave way while down town and had to
be carried to his boarding house. 1t
was like an old oak tree that had
Weathered many storms, but at last,
as with all other creatures and mat
tiers, must yield to the elements and
to time. For several years Captain
Turner had been almost entirely deaf
and equally as long he had been al
most entirey blind, thus his helpless
ness was in a sense greatly intenSi- (
fed and made him all the more an /
object Of pity as we'll as of genuine |
sympathy. In a sense he was all /
alone, yet he clung to his old sur /
roundingS and preferred to know that .
he was among the friends and ac-
quaintances Of days gone by.
Captain Turner came TO Mississippi (
from South Carolina on horseback
IN 1886. 4 few years thereafter, his
father and family followed him. He ,
vas a man Of unusual Will power and
)f indomitable energy. He met the
struggles incident to life as a hero
and with Spartan courage and forti-
ude. He made Miss Martha Sybil H..
sIiller his wife and to their marriage
we're born SIX children, two sons and s
hree daughters. When the Civil War
ame on, he promptly entered the !
ervice and was made Captain of Co.
\, Third Mississippi Calvary, in {
rbich position he displayed the true I
nettle that was in him and that de- t
ermination which ever characterized {
is life. He also had five brothers in
he Confederate army, three Of them, a
Iessrs William, Paschal and A. K. 5
'urner, were honored citizens of this e
ourty until their death. little more /
nan quarter OF a century ago. Cap /
ain Turner was loyal to his friends
nd an upholder of the Old South He z
as exceedingly hospitable in his n
ONE ard an usually thoughtful a
eighbor and obiging friend. q
He was long one of the important Il
actors i'm the affairs Of beat 5. this Z
)unty. For a long while he resided s.
what is now known as the vicinity o
Parsons station. He moved to Gre n
ada and lived here for a number of n
ears and when Holcomb became a a
'wn, after the construction of the e
azoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, el
= moved there and resided there un- q
his death. ol
Captain Turner is survived by three N'
his daughters. Mrs. NJ. Turnipseed,
hose home is in the state Of South VI
arolina, Mrs. J. II. Britzer. of Bris- VI
|, Va. and Mrs Donna Howell. Of to
lattanOoga, Tenn, to all of whom be
re Sentinel tenders sympathy.