The Associated Press
RADFORD, Va. (AP) — U.S. District Judge James Turk, who struck down a Virginia policy that allowed prisoners to look at Playboy but not read classical works of literature with explicit sexual passages, died Sunday. He was 91.
Turk, a state senator for more than a decade, died at his home in Radford, according to De Vilbiss Funeral Home.
Turk was appointed to the U.S. District Court's Western District of Virginia by President Richard Nixon in 1972 and...
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"Judge Turk was truly a southern gentlemen and a fine example of a jurist. He treated all court personnel with the same pleasant greeting and handshake, be it judge, judicial assistant, clerk, etc. He was ..."
– Pat Howell Walker, retd.jud. asst./Judge Kiser,
Chatham, VA, Jul 10, 2014
"I am sorry for your Loss. James was a True Blessing to me and I love cutting his hair for many years, He will never be forgotten. May you Rest in Peace and I am sure I will see you again. God Bless"
– Sherri Hollifield Wilson, Friend/Hairstylist,
Spruce Pine, NC, Jul 08, 2014
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