Albert M. Turney
By: Frank W. Daugherty
Born in Harrison County, Texas in 1865 began his study of law in the
offices of a Marshall, Texas firm in 1886. He took the State Bar Examination
in 1890 and was admitted to the Bar. After two years as a lawyer in
Marshall he moved to Alpine to practice law at the urging of his brother,
W. W. Turney who was a lawyer in that cmmunity. Mr. Turney married
Miss Annie Kate Etheridge in 1908.
In 1908 Turney was elected Brewster County Attorney and during
the ensuing 35 years he intermittently practiced law and served
the public in a number of capacities including the offices of County
Commissioner, County Judge, and member of the Texas Legislature.
He was active in the Methodist Church, the Texas Bar Association,
the Alpine Masonic Lidge, Woodmen of the World, and various civic
organizations. Judge Turney died in Alpine in 1952 and his wife
in 1980.
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Annie Kate Etheridge Turney
By: Frank W. Daugherty
Was born in 1883 in Harrison County, Texas. When she came to visit
a relative in Alpine she met and married Albert M. Turney, a lawyer
and Brewster County Judge.
In 1908 she married Turney who had been elected to the Texas Legislature.
At the end of Turney's term in the ligislature they returned to
Alpine to make their home. Mrs. Turney was active in the affairs
of the Presbyterian Church in Alpine and became its first female
elder. She was a charter member of the Alpine Study Club and the
Pilot Club. For many yeaqrs she was amember of the Board of Directors
of the Alpine Community Center which was established to advance
the well being of the Hispanic members of the community.
In 1923, Mrs. Turney was appointed U. S. Postmaster for Alpine
and held this position for nearly 30 years when she retired to attend
her husband, Judge Turney, who was in failing health. After his
death in 1952, she continued her activities in various civic and
organizations until incapacitated by age. Mrs. Turney died in 1980
at the age of 97 years.
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