Look Back ... to the passings of two esteemed Annistonians, 50 years apart

Dec. 24—Dec. 24, 1948, in The Star: Funeral services for Dr. William Kiddoo Lloyd, 49, were held this afternoon at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Dr. Lloyd, a highly regarded obstetrician and gynecologist, was killed in the crash of a private plane he was piloting yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by a passenger (who survived), Dr. Lloyd was seen to be gliding toward a forced landing when some power lines got in the way; by turning to avoid them, he pulled the nose too high and the plane stalled and crashed in a cotton field about two miles east of Oxford, not far from the Rainbow Inn. Dr. Lloyd was born in Anniston in 1899, educated here and graduated from medical school at Tulane University. He began his medical practice in Virginia until 1939, when he returned to Anniston to specialize in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. Survivors include his wife, Betty, and two daughters, Mrs. Elbert H. Willett of New London, Conn., and Miss Elizabeth Ann Lloyd of Anniston; and two grandchildren, William Francis Willett and Jean Daly Willett of New London.

Dec. 24, 1998, in The Star: Funeral services will be held today at First Presbyterian Church of Anniston for Eugene L. Turner III, who died two days ago from a massive stroke at the age of 80. His grandfather had started Turner Dairies, at one time the biggest dairy in central Alabama, and as a young man Turner learned every facet of the business. He lived in Anniston his entire life, except for absences for college and for service in World War II. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University and from 1942-46 he was a U.S. Navy officer, awarded nine battle stars and honorably discharged at the rank of lieutenant commander. He was known among his peers as scholarly, with a keen wit. Business interests later in his life, after the family dairy was sold in 1962, included real estate and a local business school. He volunteered his time and expertise with several prominent local organizations, such as the city board of education and JSU's International House. Survivors include his wife, Marguerite, two sons, David and Edward, and a daughter, Meredith; as well as a sister, Lucy Turner Knight, and a brother, Thomas Coleman Turner, both of Anniston.