"Jim was born in Marks, MS on July 5, 1926. He graduated from Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College) with a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Math and Physics. He was president of his fraternity (Kappa Sigma), the Student Body, and was selected for their Hall of Fame. He was also a Navy Veteran. He worked for IBM for 30 years."[1]
James M. Turner is the son of James Turner and Sarah Caruthers.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 48.9 cM X chromosome match between William Carlisle Dekle and his 4th cousin twice removed James Turner on GEDmatch. Their most-recent X chromosome common ancestors are William Batchelor Denmark Jr. and Anna Moye.
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Categories: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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His grandmother Ada Flora Cox and my grandmother Lelia Clorinda Cox were sisters.
His grandfather John Thomas Turner and my grandfather William Venoy Turner were brothers.
Jim and I share 658 cM in the FamilyFinder test at Family Tree DNA. We also have matching Y chromosomes. We match a lot of other men in the Turner Y-DNA Group 2 Goldenrod at FT-DNA.
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