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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 11, 1993                   TAG: 9303110376
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT TURNER, RUSSELL ALFORD

TURNER, Russell Alford, 81, of Roanoke County, died Wednesday, March 10, 1993 at Lewis Gale Hospital. He was a member of the Brookhill Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant Lions Club, Roanoke, Chapter 111 of Mended Hearts, and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. He was retired from the Washington, D.C. Metro Transit System and the Department of the Army Special Police Force. Surviving are his wife, Ada Hawkins Turner; a sister, Thelma Chiavario of San Gabriel, Calif.; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Vinton Chapel at 1 p.m. Friday, March 12 with Pastor Wilmar Wegner, President Albert F. Turner and Bishop Zane S. Mason officiating. Burial will be in the Turner-Richardson Family Cemetery. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel.

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