Lloyd Worth Turbyfill "Sonny"

 Sonny Turbyfill was born January 31, 1930 to George Washington Turbyfill and Lena Bare. His full name was Lloyd Worth Turbyfill, but he went by Sonny. Sonny’s mother was musically gifted and when Sonny was ten, he participated in county-wide music festival along with many other cousins in Johnson City, Tennessee and he appeared in the newspaper on March 10, 1940. 

When Sonny was 17, he lied on his enlistment records, claiming to be 18. Thus his military records has a birthdate that is incorrect. He also has a distant cousin named Lloyd Scott Turbyfill, son of George Turbyfill, who actually was 18 that year, so their records are getting mixed up by other genealogists. 

The other Lloyd did go overseas, but this Lloyd didn’t. He went to Fort Hamilton and was out of there the following year. I haven’t found his discharge papers, so I don’t know the circumstances. I have his military number and when the pandemic is over and they re-open the offices, I’ll write in for his records. When I get them, I will update with what he was up to from 1948-1950 while stationed at Fort Hamiltion, in New York City. My research has found that this base is no longer there, so the records will be in storage elsewhere. 

He married Ramona Wilhelm in 1951 and their daughter was born the same year. Then they had 5 more children. They moved to North Carolina, then to Virginia, then to Indiana.  I found a record stating on May 26, 1961 he moved his family to 8215 127th Ave, Cedar Lake, Indiana and began work at the steel mill. In 1965, they moved to Cedar St, Cedar Lake, Indiana, where they lived when their youngest son was born. In 1968, they moved again to 13947 Fairbanks Cedar Lake, IN and from here, it seems as of the 70s, Sonny stayed in Indiana and Ramona took the younger 3 children to Arkansas. In 1973, Sonny’s house on Fairbank caught on fire and I lose records of where he resided.  There’s several records of arrests for drunk driving from 1972 to 1978, but none list his home address. Then nothing about where he was from that point on. I do remember him, so he’s been in Harrison at least some of the time. 

I find him again living with Gary in Enid, Oklahoma in 1984, until his death in 1986.  He was buried in Elk Park, NC.