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OBITUARY Carrollton Grid
Aid Dies Scouting Game
GARLAND, Texas (Sp.) - Buford Turrentine, 41-year-old- assistant coach at
Carrollton High School, collapsed and died of a heart attack Friday night at the
press box at Williams Stadium while scouting the Garland-Parris football game.
Garland justice of the peace Theron Ward said Turrentine was apparently dead
when the ambulance people picked him up.
Turrentine was named head baseball coach and assistant football coach at
Carrollton High Scool only in September. It was his first job since graduating
with a master's degree from East Texas State College this summer.
While attending East Texas State, Turrentine served as an assistance in football
for four years.
A native of Commerce, he spent 21 years in the Navy before retiring and starting
to college.
During his Navy career, Turrentine was an all-star center on the Naval Air Force
Pacific Fleet team from 1947 through 1950. He made the all-Japan team while
playing for the Navy in 1952. He was on the coaching staff of the Atsugi Flyers,
a Naval team that won the Far East championship in 1953.
Carrollton head coach Nolan Poovey said late Friday night that Poovey
[Turrentine] had served as the team's No. 1 scout this fall.
Services were pending at Williams Funeral Home in Garland. His survivors
include wife Ann and two daughters, Susan and Karen.
The Dallas Morning News; October 10, 1964
Submitted by Edward Lynn
Williams
McKinney Man's Kin Dies At Football Game
Buford Turrentine, 41, of 13923 Heartside Place, Farmers Branch, died in Garland
Friday night when he suffered a heart attack while scouting a football game. The
Carrollton High School coach died suddenly. He was in the press box at the
Garland game.
He was a cousin of Audie Turrentine of McKinney and was well-known here where he
had visited on numerous occasions. Funeral arrangements are pending with
Turrentine-Jackson Funeral Directors of this city. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery, Washington D. C.
Coach Turrentine, a retired naval Officer with 21 years service was a veteran of
World War II and the Korean War and was aboard the ill-fated USS Hornett which
sank in the Pacific. He was a graduate of Pickton High School, received a
Master's Degree from East Texas State College in Commerce; was a member of the
Commerce Masonic Lodge and Hella temple Shrine, Dallas. He was also a member of
the Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ann Turrentine of Farmers Branch; two
daughters, Karen and Susan; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Turrentine of
Commerce; one brother, James Turrentine of Dallas and a sister, Mrs. T. R.
Havens of East Texas. The McKinney Courier-Gazette - October 15, 1964
Submitted by Edward Lynn
Williams
Assistant Coach Cardiac Victim
GARLAND, Tex. (UP) - Buford Turrentine, 41-year-old assistant coach at
Carrollton High School, collapsed and died of a heart attack in the pressbox
while scouting the Garland-Paris football game Friday night.
Turrentine was named head baseball coach and assistant football coach at
Carrollton in September. It was his first job since graduating from East Texas
State College. The Corsicana Daily Sun - October 10, 1964
Submitted by Edward Lynn
Williams
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