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Albert ‘Fat’ Turner and Ida Jane Greene’s family

Fat Turner (born 03 September 1878) married Ida Jane “Janie” GREENE (born 12 May 1889) daughter of Hugh O’Keefe Greene and Louisiana “Lou” FARR on O 1 December 1907. Fat made his living by farming, hunting, and fishing. Janie was a housewife. They lived on the left just east of the Vanina and Noda TURNER Green house on County Road 2115 where FM 2791 takes a sharp turn left at Forest Hill in Cass County. Their children were brought up singing gospel songs and playing baseball. They were members of Forest Hill Baptist Church and attended any singing school in the area. Fat died with the mumps 13 April 1936. In her later years, Janie lived in her daughter, Jit’s, garage apartment in Atlanta before going to Oak Manor Nursing Home in Linden. She died on 25 September 1972. She and Fat are both buried at Antioch Cemetery in Cass County.

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