Mayors of Lubbock, Texas - Morris W. Turner, Jim Granberry, Dirk West (Paperback)

Chapters: Morris W. Turner, Jim Granberry, Dirk West. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Andrew Ollen TurnerStephanie Gayle Procopio] Morris Wayne Turner, also known as Moe Turner (October 8, 1931 - June 1, 2008) was a businessman who served in the nonpartisan position of mayor of Lubbock, Texas, from 1972-1974. He was also a member of the Lubbock City Council from 1968 until the time of his election as mayor. Turner was one of four children born to Clay Turner (1906-1980) and Addie L. Turner (1906-2000). Though Turner was born near Coalgate, the seat of Coal County in southern Oklahoma, the family thereafter moved to Lubbock. Turner graduated in 1950 from Lubbock High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. In the fall of 1950, he entered Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) on a football scholarship, having been the quarterback and punter until sidelined by a knee injury. He joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps and was a national officer of the Arnold Air Society. At Tech, he lettered in baseball as a catcher for the Red Raiders. Upon graduation from Tech with a degree in business administration, Turner was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force and served at Ellington Field in Houston. He was assigned to the combat-ready 40th Bomber Group, 40th Bomber Squadron, Strategic Air Command under general Curtis LeMay (1906-1990). During the Cold War, Turner was a bombardier/navigator aboard a nuclear-armed B-47 jet bomber. On December 23, 1950, in a ceremony at the Southside Church of Christ, Turner married the former MaryLou Seward, his former Lubbock High School classmate. They couple made their home in Lubbock and had three children: Brenda Sue Paine (deceased), Andrew Ollen Tur...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1778944