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'''Morris Wayne Turner''' (October 8, 1931 &ndash; June 1, 2008), known as '''Moe Turner''', was a [[business]]man who served in the nonpartisan position of [[mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], from 1972 to 1974. He had also been a member of the Lubbock City Council from 1968 until the time of his election as mayor.<ref>[http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Council/CityCouncilHistory.aspx Lubbock - City Council - History<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ​

'''Morris Wayne Turner''' (October 8, 1931 &ndash; June 1, 2008), known as '''Moe Turner''', was a [[business]]man who served in the nonpartisan position of [[mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], from 1972 to 1974. He had also been a member of the Lubbock City Council from 1968 until the time of his election as mayor.<ref>[http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Council/CityCouncilHistory.aspx Lubbock - City Council - History<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ​

 

Turner was one of four children born to Clay (1906–1980) and Addie L. Turner (1906–2000). Though Turner was born near Coalgate in Coal County in southern [[Oklahoma]], the family thereafter moved to Lubbock. Turner graduated in 1950 from Lubbock High School, at which he played [[football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]]. In the fall of 1950, he entered Texas Technological College (now [[Texas Tech University]]) on a football scholarship. He was the [[quarterback]] and punter until sidelined by a knee injury. He joined the [[Reserve Officers Training Corps]] and was a national officer of the Arnold Air Society. At Texas Tech, he lettered in baseball as a catcher for the Red Raiders team. Upon graduation from Texas Tech with a degree in business administration, Turner was commissioned a second lieutenant in the [[United States Air Force]] and served at Ellington Field in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. He was assigned to the combat-ready 40th Bomber Group, 40th Bomber Squadron, [[Strategic Air Command]] under [[General]] [[Curtis LeMay]]. During the [[Cold War]], Turner was a bombardier/navigator aboard a nuclear-armed B-47 jet bomber.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/060308/obi_285726623.shtml|title=Morris Wayne "Mope" Turner obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> ​

Turner was one of four children born to Clay (1906–1980) and Addie L. Turner (1906–2000). Though Turner was born near Coalgate in Coal County in southern [[Oklahoma]], the family thereafter moved to Lubbock. Turner graduated in 1950 from Lubbock High School, at which he played [[football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]]. In the fall of 1950, he entered Texas Technological College (now [[Texas Tech University]]) on a football scholarship. He was the [[quarterback]] and punter until sidelined by a knee injury. He joined the [[ROTC|Reserve Officers Training Corps]] and was a national officer of the Arnold Air Society. At Texas Tech, he lettered in baseball as a catcher for the Red Raiders team. Upon graduation from Texas Tech with a degree in business administration, Turner was commissioned a second lieutenant in the [[United States Air Force]] and served at Ellington Field in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. He was assigned to the combat-ready 40th Bomber Group, 40th Bomber Squadron, [[Strategic Air Command]] under [[General]] [[Curtis LeMay]]. During the [[Cold War]], Turner was a bombardier/navigator aboard a nuclear-armed B-47 jet bomber.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/060308/obi_285726623.shtml|title=Morris Wayne "Mope" Turner obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> ​

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On December 23, 1950, in a ceremony at the Southside [[Church of Christ]], Turner married the former MaryLou Seward, his former Lubbock High School classmate. They couple made their home in Lubbock and had three children: Brenda Sue Paine (deceased), Andrew Ollen Turner (born a. 1954) of Lubbock, and Stephanie Gayle Procopio (born c. 1957) of [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]. For more than thirty years, Turner was an active member of Sunset Church of Christ, which sponsors the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/>​

On December 23, 1950, in a ceremony at the Southside [[Church of Christ]], Turner married the former MaryLou Seward, his former Lubbock High School classmate. They couple made their home in Lubbock and had three children: Brenda Sue Paine (deceased), Andrew Ollen Turner (born a. 1954) of Lubbock, and Stephanie Gayle Procopio (born c. 1957) of [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]. For more than thirty years, Turner was an active member of Sunset Church of Christ, which sponsors the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/>​