Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-First Annual Session (which is the seventh session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South Page: 73
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CENTRAL TEXAS CONFERENCE JOURNAL
Just two months from the day Sister Turner died, Brother
Turner heard the call, answered the summons and went home.
This is a brief epitome of the biography of one of the best
men I have ever known. A tender relation existed between us
which began at the time of his pastorate at Midlothian. I was
in my first year as Presiding Elder and felt keenly my need of
counsel and advice. I found this in his home. His home life
was beautiful and tender; truly, he commanded his household
well.
Brother Turner was married to Mrs. Dora A. Long, in 1874.
There were born to them eight children, six boys and two girls.
One son, Rev. Neal W. Turner, was drowned in August, 1914, in
attempting to rescue his young son and a boy companion from
a watery grave. All the rest of his children survive him.
Brother Turner's ability as a preacher was recognized by
all who knew him. He was a man of profound thought and ripe
scholarship. Had his health permitted him to have continued an
unbroken itinerancy his prominence in the Church would have
been very much greater. But even with shattered health he
stood among the first and was a recognized leader both in the
East Texas Conference in his early ministry, and in this Confer-
ence where he finished his life's work. He represented the East
Texas Conference in the General Conference of 1882. Any in-
terest of the Church was safe in hands. He loved his Church
above all other interests and in all the course of his life he never
suffered her banner to trail in the dust. He rejoiced in the his-
tory, in the polity, and in the doctrine of Methodism, and no
abler defender have these mighty forces of our Church ever had
than S. W. Turner.
His judgment was deliberate, his counsel safe and wise. His
heart was warm and he dealt tenderly. His friendship was
strong and steady. He loved with a passionate love, yet not
very demonstrative. His ministry was fruitful, many being
brought into the Kingdom under his preaching.
But he was weary; let him rest. The world is richer since he
has lived in it; the Church is more glorious since he has had
membership and labor in it, and Heaven is dearer and more real
since he has passed through its shining portals and entered the
life celestial.
We shall meet him after the storms are over, after the bat-
tles are ended and the mists have cleared away.
T. S. ARMSTRONG.
DR. JAMES ANDREW WALKUP.
Dr. James Andrew Walkup, a superannuate member of the
Central Texas Conference, died at his home on Polytechnic Hill
Fort Worth, Texas, July 2, 1916. He was born in Henderson
County, Tennessee, July 3, 1844. His span of life covered 72
years, lacking one day of eventful history extending from the
Old South to the marvelous opening of the twentieth century.
In 1861 young Walkup responded to the South's bugle call and
enlisted at Memphis, Tenn., in Col. N. B. Forrest's Cavalry Reg-
iment. His term of service ended with the surrender of Lee at
Appomatox. No braver soldier, none more gallant, ever followed
the Southern flag than this West Tennessee boy. He fought in the
bloody battles of Fort Donelson, Murphreesboro, Franklin, Cor-
inth, Chickamauga, Pittsburg and Shiloh. In recognition of his73
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-First Annual Session (which is the seventh session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South, periodical, November 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth49830/m1/73/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church.