[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 11, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING JUDGE HENRY HAYWOOD TURNER, III

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Judge Henry 
Haywood Turner, III, a man of many talents and interests who sadly, 
passed away on May 8, 2011 at the age of 67.
  Judge Turner was born in El Paso, Texas, on May 3, 1944. His father 
served as a Navy Corpsman physician in the South Pacific during World 
War II. Judge Turner graduated from Columbus High School in 1962, and 
earned a BA in math and history from Mercer University.
  Inspired by his father, he served in the U.S. Navy as a radioman for 
the USS Charles R. Ware, DD-865 Destroyer. After completing his naval 
service, he managed the Texas Native Inertia Nutcracker Company, a 
business started by his father that held several U.S. patents for their 
inventions. He later went on to teach math and physics at Columbus 
Technical College.
  Judge Turner earned a law degree from the University of Georgia in 
1977, and was one of nine students who former Secretary of State Dean 
Rusk advised. This was the start of a very distinguished legal career 
that would include practicing general law, doing appellate work for the 
city of Columbus, and most notably, serving as an Assistant District 
Attorney, and Judge of the Municipal Court for 20 years.
  The great Irish poet Brendan Francis once said, ``If you have a 
talent, use it every way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out 
like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going 
broke.'' Judge Turner was a man of many diverse interests and talents, 
who went broke sharing them with the world. He rebuilt engines, made 
his own diesel fuel and knives, gardened, and became well versed in 
geology, history, and music composition. He was a well-read man who 
loved stray cats,, and spoke several different languages.
  The last skill served him very well when people who were unable to 
speak English came to his court. Judge Turner could communicate with 
the common person, but he could also communicate with the most 
sophisticated of individuals. This made him respected and loved by 
those who truly knew him who have described him in recent days as a: 
gentleman, a scholar, a man of his word, and a man of honor.
  Judge Turner understood the importance of service and helping other 
people as evidenced by his involvement in numerous community 
organizations. Judge Turner and my wife Vivian worked together for many 
years on the Municipal Court, and we are both thankful for his service 
and friendship over the years. Vivian and I extend our deepest 
condolences to his mother, Rebecca Sellers Turner, his daughter Clisby 
Cox and his many other relatives and friends.
  Mr. Speaker, we are all put here for a season to try to make the 
world a better place to live. I can truly say that Judge Henry Haywood 
Turner, III used his season to make this world more hopeful and less 
fearful because he travelled here.

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