Thomas Boyd Turley

TURLEY, Thomas Boyd, age 87, of Chesterfield, Va., died on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. He was born in Abingdon, Va., the son of the late James E. and Bessie Rhudy Turley. Mr. Turley was also preceded in death by his wife, Rosalie H. Turley. He was retired after 35 years of service with DuPont, and was a WWII veteran with the U.S. Army. Mr. Turley is survived by three children, Stephen J. Turley and wife, Pat, Debra T. Lockhart and husband, Allen, and Wendy T. Kemp and husband, Gary, all of Chester, Va.; six grandchildren, Shane, Paul, and Clint Turley, Amie Leonard, Tammy Blake, and Kelly Burton; 12 great-grandchildren, Kennedy, Olivia, Alex, Jackson, Walker, Austin, Noah, and Miranda Turley, Corey and Dylan Leonard, and Kaylie and Chase Blake; two brothers, Lois Turley of Abingdon, and Carl Turley and wife, Elsie, of Richmond, Va.; one sister, Muriel Bailey of Abingdon; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the Chesterfield Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home on Friday, October 3, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will take place there in the chapel on Saturday, October 4, at 12 p.m., with interment following in Sunset Memorial Park, Chester. Condolences to the family may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.