Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, May 29, 1999

Robert L. Turner Sr.

OAKDALE -- Services for Robert L. ``R.L.'' Turner Sr. will be at 2 p.m. today in Oakdale Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Edward Basco officiating. Burial will be in Cryer Cemetery under direction of Ardoin.

Turner, 83, of Oakdale died Thursday, May 27, 1999, in Oakdale Community Hospital.

He was a native of Oakdale and a past resident of Sulphur for 40 years. He was retired from Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and a member of Oakdale Bible Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Pearl Johnson Turner of Oakdale; five daughters, JoAnn Turner Caudo of Port St. Lucie, Fla., Barbara Turner Pettypool of Houston, Texas, Janell Turner Suydam and Betty Turner O'Quain, both of Topsy, and Sandra Turner Suydam of Jennings; two sisters, Margie Nell Turner O'Banion and Yvonne Turner, both of Oakdale; two brothers, Jack Turner and Alton Turner, both of Sulphur; 27 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 8-11 a.m. today in the funeral home and from noon until time of services in the church.