Lillian May Turlington

1915 - 2007  (92 years)

• Name	Lillian May Turlington  [1, 2]
  Birth	20 Mar 1915	New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1930	Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA   [2]
  Death	1 Aug 2007	St Louis Park, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
  	Teaching and learning never stopped for this 'useful soul' Lillian McIntosh, 92, of St. Louis Park was a former teacher and loving grandmother and great-grandmother. : Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) - Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Deceased Name: Teaching and learning never stopped for this 'useful soul' Lillian McIntosh, 92, of St. Louis Park was a former teacher and loving grandmother and great-grandmother. Lillian McIntosh of St. Louis Park and formerly of West Palm Beach, Fla., was a high school teacher for more than a quarter of a century, but she continued to be an educator long after she left the classroom. McIntosh died Aug. 1 at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park after battling ovarian cancer for several months. She was 92. Her daughter, Betty Shaw, said her mother's courage and humility in the face of chemotherapy and other aspects of the disease and treatment were inspiring. Her mother fought hard to get well, but she also wasn't upset, because she'd had a good life. "My mother was the most unselfish person without being self-effacing," said Shaw, 64, of St. Louis Park. "Her first thought was always about others." McIntosh taught Latin and English for more than 25 years in the West Palm Beach-Lake Worth school district. Her late husband, Russell McIntosh, was a judge in Palm Beach County. Shaw grew up in the South during the 1950s and 1960s and said her parents were ahead of their time in terms of equality. As a child, McIntosh said she remembers that her father refused to let juries eat at segregated restaurants and would have their meals catered instead. She said it was a bold stand at the time. Shaw said her mother also set a good example and always treated everyone she met with respect. In the academic arena, Shaw said her mother introduced her and her younger brother Mike to books and subjects most children didn't learn until they were much older, if at all. She said her mother always made learning exciting. "It was never a chore," Shaw said. "It was wonderful. My English grammar deteriorated when I went to school." A few weeks before McIntosh died, she visited the Pompeii exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul. Shaw said she'd read accounts about the destroyed city in Latin by the Roman historian Livy. And a few days before her death, she attended a book club meeting. "She loved to read," Shaw said. "She was reading all the time." McIntosh moved to St. Louis Park about five years ago to live with Shaw because she was experiencing short-term memory loss, and to be closer to her four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Shaw said her mother worried about overstaying her welcome, but everyone wanted her to stay with them. "She was a useful soul," Shaw said. The nonagenarian helped her granddaughter Laura Shaw-Wright of Golden Valley after her great-granddaughter Stella was born. Shaw said her daughter took maternity leave from her job as a teacher and was happy her grandmother could help. In April, McIntosh visited Disneyland with two of her grandchildren and their families. "My grandmother always assumed the best about all people," Deb Cornelius of Eden Prairie said. "She was a great role model." In addition to Shaw, Shaw-Wright and Cornelius, survivors include her son, Mike McIntosh of Boca Raton, Fla., a brother, Ralph Turlington of Durham, N.C., granddaughters Kathy Deal of Wayzata and Lisa Robinson of St. Louis Park, and nine great-grandchildren, Jeff, Haley, Joe, Andrew, Sarah, Faith, Grace, Lilly and Stella. . Patrice Relerford - 612-673-4395 Author: Patrice Relerford Staff Writer Edition: METRO Page: 7W Copyright (c) 2007 Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities Lillian McIntosh,: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice Sun Newspapers (St. Paul, MN) - Friday, August 3, 2007 Deceased Name: Lillian McIntosh, 92, died August 1 at Methodist Hospital. Lillian McIntosh, 92, died August 1 at Methodist Hospital. She is survived by son, Mike McIntosh of Boca Raton, FL; daughter, Betty Shaw of St. Louis Park; granddaughters, Kathy Deal (Greg) of Wayzata, Deb Cornelius (John) of Eden Prairie, a teacher at Susan Lindgren, Lisa Robinson (Keith) of St. Louis Park, attorney at General Mills, Laura Shaw-Wright (Alfonzo) of Golden Valley, teacher in South Washington County; and nine great-grandchildren, Jeff, Haley, Joe, Andrew, Sarah, Faith, Grace, Lilly, and Stella. Lillian taught high school Latin and English for many years. She was active in church and taught Sunday School in her home state of Florida for 50 years. She was and avid reader and attended a church book club meeting the Monday evening before her death. Memorial services University Baptist Church, Minneapolis, August 14, 6:00 p.m. Copyright (c) 2007 Sun Newspapers, American Community Newspapers, LLC. All rights reserved.
  Person ID	I28940	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Doctor (PhD) John Edwin Turlington,   b. 1 Jun 1884, Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Nov 1934, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	May Elizabeth Baldwin,   b. 21 Feb 1885, Fletcher, Henderson, North Carolina, USA d. 31 Aug 1973, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F9855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F9859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Mar 1915 - New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1930 - Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S342] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Roll Number: NCVR_B_C028_66002; Volume: 1914; Page: 211 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ncbirthindex&h=1543995&indiv=try [ View birth certificate] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ncbirthindex&h=1543995&indiv=try [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;). Year: 1930; Census Place: Gainesville, Alachua, Florida; Roll: 306; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 392.0; FHL microfilm: 2340041. [ View Federal Census Document]