Victor William Turner

Victor William "Vic" Turner was a 58-year-old man from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, who died in the Silver Bridge collapse. His body was recovered on Dec. 17, 1967. His wife, Maxine Turner, also died in the incident, but her body was never recovered.

Obituaries Given For Bridge Victims
Point Pleasant Register (Point Pleasant, WV) - Published Monday, Dec. 18, 1967; pg. 3

A Point Pleasant city employee, Victor (Vic) William Turner, 58, was still another fatality.

Born June 22, 1909, in Henderson, he was a son of Mrs. Ida May Asbury Turner of Pt. Pleasant and the late Theodore Turner.

The body of his wife, Mrs. Maxie Jarrell Turner, has not been recovered from the river.

Surviving besides his mother are four sisters, Mrs. Rosa Elliott, Mrs. Neta Dunlap, Mrs. Opal Darst and Miss Nora Turner, all of Point Pleasant.

Funeral services will be held at 10 am Wednesday at the Gospel Tabernacle on Main Street. Burial will be in Suncrest Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Tuesday. The body will be taken to the church an hour before services.

Victims of the Bridge
Daily Tribune (Gallipolis, OH) - Published Monday, Dec. 18, 1967

PT. PLEASANT - Victor William Turner, 58, Pt. Pleasant, lost his life in the collapse of the bridge Friday evening and his wife, Maxine Jarrell Turner, apparently lost her life in the same mishap. Turner's body was recovered from the river Sunday but Mrs. Turner's was not recovered.

He was an employee of the city of Point Pleasant. He was born in Henderson on June 22, 1909, son of Mrs. Ida Asbury Turner of Pt. Pleasant and the late Theodore Turner.

Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Rosa Elliott, Miss Nora Turner, Mrs. Neta Dunlap and Mrs. Opal Darst, all of Pt. Pleasant. Arrangements will be announced by the Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home.