Frank Turner

Dr. Frank Graber Turner died Monday, December 15, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on July 13, 1930 in Lynchburg, VA, a son of Anderson Banks Turner and Dorothy Graber Turner of Danville. Dr. Turner was a graduate of George Washington High School, received his BA Degree from the University of Virginia and, while there, he was inducted into the Raven Society, Omnicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha honorary societies, Tilka and Phi Kappa Sigma social fraternities. His MD Degree was from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. After Internship at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, he served two years as Captain in the U. S. Army Medical Corps and completed his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UVA. Subsequently he practiced OB/GYN in Danville for 36 years until his retirement in 1997. He was also a member of the Medical Society of Virginia, Board Member of the South Atlantic Association of OB/GYN, American College of OB/GYN, Danville -Pittsylvania County Academy of Medicine, and past president of the Danville Regional Medical Center staff. For ten years he was an OB/GYN Consultant for the Free Clinic of Danville. He was a lifetime member of Epiphany Episcopal Church where he served two terms on the Vestry, once as Senior Warden. His personal favorite of all honors was a plaque presented to him on Doctors' Day, 1984, by the hospital Operating Room nurses as the "Best All Round Operating Room Surgeon". He was a member of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Board of Virginia for ten years, serving two of those years as Chairman, and was past president of the Danville Golf Club. He was a member of the Jamestowne Society and the Huguenot Society. He is survived by his wife, the former Marcia Penick Ballou, and three children, Rangeley Turner of Richmond, VA, Elizabeth Turner Leemhuis of Indianapolis, IN and Dr. Banks Whitaker Turner of Richmond, VA; eight grandchildren, Kenton Graber Scearce, Whitney Ballou Crawford, John Ballou Leemhuis, Frank Sexton Leemhuis, Timothy Banks Leemhuis, William Knebel Turner, Bransford McNeill Turner and Samuel Rangeley Turner and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 18 at 2:00 p.m. at the Epiphany Episcopal Church with the Reverend Becky Crites and the Reverend Dr. Drew Baker officiating. The family will receive friends at the residence, 150 Westmoreland Court #5 on Wednesday, December 17 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Epiphany Episcopal Church School, 115 Jefferson Avenue, Danville, VA 24541 or the charity of your choice.