James Davis Turner
1923–2006 (Age 83)
Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, United States
The Life of James Davis
When James Davis Turner was born on 14 October 1923, in Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Benton Turner, was 26 and his mother, Mary Edna DAVIS, was 23. He died on 2 December 2006, in his hometown, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
James Benton Turner
1896–1986
Mary Edna DAVIS
1900–1987
James Davis Turner
1923–2006
Murrel Gene Turner
1930–2015
Parents & Siblings
1896–1986Male
1900–1987Female
siblings
(2)
1923–2006Male
1930–2015Male
World Events (8)
1927
Age 4
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
Age 8
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
Age 22
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
1 English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker of objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, from Anglo-Norman French torner (Old French tornier, Latin tornarius, a derivative of tornus ‘lathe’). The surname may also derive from any of various other senses of Middle English turn, for example a turnspit, a translator or interpreter, or a tumbler.2 English: nickname for a fast runner, from Middle English turnen ‘to turn’ + ‘hare’.3 English: occupational name for an official in charge of a tournament, Old French tornei (in origin akin to 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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