MRS. F. W. TURNER, BONNEY PIONEER, TAKEN BY DEATH

    Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Turner, 80, wife of the late Frank W. Turner, prominent rancher and cattleman, will be held at the Turner ranch home at Bonney at 3 p.m. Saturday.

   Mrs. Turner died at 5:35 a.m. Friday at the Turner Clinic, 506 Caroline, where she had been receiving treatment since last April.  Mrs. Turner was the mother of Dr. B. Weems Turner of 2047 Inwood, director of the clinic.

   Mrs. Turner, whose maiden name was Crause, was born in the old town of Brazoria, on November 18, 1863.  Her family came from Germany and settled there in 1848.  Mr. and Mrs. Turner were married in 1883, making their home at the ranch near Bonney, where they lived the remainder of their lives.  Mr. Turner died May 28, 1943.  He was well known throughout the Southwest cattle country.

   Mrs. Turner is survived by another son, Frank W. Turner, Jr., of Bonney; a daughter, Mrs. Ophelia Turner Moller of Alta Loma; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

   Burial will be in the Angleton Cemetery.  Pallbearers will include five grandsons, Dr. G. Turner Moller and Arthur Moller of Corpus Christi, Weems Moller of Alta Loma, Bynum Turner of Baytown and Ben Turner, Jr., of Houston and Whitney Reader of Houston. Geo. H. Lewis & Co. is in charge of the arrangements.

SOURCE: Joy Neely sent via e-mail dated 11 June 2008.  Joy is not related, she just submitted this for inclusion on this site.  This obituary appears to come from the Houston Chronicle as "ton Chronicle" is on the clipping.  The date of the obituary is also missing.  Thank you Joy!

NOTE: Annie Dorothy (Krause) Turner, died 07 January 1944 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.  Death certificate can be found at: http://pilot.familysearch.org