[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 166 (Thursday, September 24, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E881]
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                         HONORING BARBARA TURK

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                        HON. H. MORGAN GRIFFITH

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 24, 2020

  Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I rise in honor of Barbara Duncan Turk 
of Radford, Virginia, who passed away on September 16, 2020 at the age 
of 87. She was a faithful servant of her community who worked to 
improve it in a variety of volunteer roles.
  Barbara was a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of 
Southern Seminary in Buena Vista, Virginia. She was married to her late 
husband, James Turk, a Virginia state senator and U.S. District Court 
Judge, for 59 years until his death in 2014.
  Improving Radford and helping the people who lived there was her 
life's work. Among the organizations she devoted her time and attention 
to were the Radford Women's Club, Radford Community Hospital/Carilion 
New River Valley (NRV) Medical Center Volunteer Program, Radford Rotary 
Club, and the NRV Community Chorus. Radford University benefited from 
her activity on the Board of Visitors, Foundation Board of Directors, 
Arts Society, and Athletic Association, just a few of the numerous ways 
she supported the university's mission. As a devout member of First 
Baptist Church, she sang in the choir and frequented Sunday services 
and Wednesday dinners. Barbara also served on her alma mater's Board of 
Directors and on the Board of Directors for Saint Alban's Foundation 
and Carilion Hospital.
  Barbara's activities did not detract from her commitment to her 
family, including her children Ramona Gravley, James Turk, Jr. and wife 
Allison, Judge Robert ``Bobby'' Turk and wife Laura, Mary T. Prince, 
and D. Michael ``Mick'' Turk and wife Barbara; fifteen grandchildren; 
and five great-grandchildren. I would like to extend them my 
condolences on the loss of this generous and service-minded woman.

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