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Ella Fay Watkins Turner, Oral History Index
No full textThis is an index of an oral history interview with Ella Fay Watkins Turner. It was conducted May 3, 2019. The interviewer is Louise Skinner. The videographer is Sandy Bond.
This interview focuses on Ella Fay Watkins Turner\u27s memories of growing up in Delta County, Texas.
Turner was born in 1936 to Lillie Pierce and Jim R. Watkins. Her family moved to Cooper, Texas following the death of her father. Turner discusses her memories of the downtown square in Cooper, the price of school lunches, her first car, and going to see movies.
Turner married her husband George Turner in 1959, and they moved to Dallas, Texas. They lived and worked in Dallas for thirty-five years before returning to Cooper, Texas. Turner also recalls the medical difficulties her husband faced and his experience with dialysis and a kidney transplant.https://lair.etamu.edu/scua-oral-history-all/1015/thumbnail.jp
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