Uncle Sam and Being Turner

We all knew for weeks that Uncle Sam was dying. At the age of 90, he was the last in his generation of the Turner familly. And when it finally happened, there was a collective Turner family pause, but everyone had their marching orders, and all moved forward.

During the course of his funeral service, many of the neices and great nieces and nephews spoke about their experiences with Uncle Sam, and the theme was consistent. With Uncle Sam it was always about the family. That's wat he lived for; the solidity and cohesiveness of the family. It seems that he talked about the family to us all individually and also as a group.

So with the ending of one era in the Turner family, the remaining generations know what our responsibility is, and just what it is that we are supposed to do. And that is to live our lives the way we were taught, and continue, being Turner.