Surry Turner

Full Name: Surry Turner
Date of birth: October 3, 1890
Date of death: April 5, 1958

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	4	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951	51st	Democrat	Gilmer / Upshur		Camp, Upshur
H	4	Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949	50th	Democrat	Gilmer / Upshur		Camp, Upshur

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House District 4
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gilmer / Upshur
Counties in district: Camp, Upshur

House District 4
Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949
Legislatures: 50th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gilmer / Upshur
Counties in district: Camp, Upshur

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Resolutions and Journal entries

56th Legislature, R.S., HSR 232. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Surry Turner, birth date 10/3/1890 in Upshur County; death date 4/5/1958 in Gilmer, Upshur County; farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Surry Turner, birth date 10/3/1890, death date 4/5/1958, burial in Soules Chapel Cemetery, Gilmer, Upshur County, with spouse Bessye M. Turner. Find a Grave.
Obituary and photo, "Surry Turner, Ex-Legislator, Died Saturday," 4/10/1958, pp. 1, 8. Turner "served two terms, from 1946 to 1950, as representative of Wood and Upshur Counties in the Texas House of Representatives." Gilmer Mirror.

Photographs

Photograph. Surry Turner, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Surry Turner, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

50th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

51st R.S. - 1949 Conservation and Reclamation Game and Fisheries Livestock and Stock Raising Penitentiaries Public Health
50th R.S. - 1947 Conservation and Reclamation Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Livestock and Stock Raising Penitentiaries School Districts State Penitentiaries and the Farm System, Investigation, Special

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