Harold Emerson Turley (1911-1997)

Photographs

Digital copies courtesy of Brentnall Pierce Turley





Formal photo portrait of the 5 living children (probably taken in a photographer's studio in El Paso, Texas after the "Exodus")
of Edward Franklin Turley & Ida Elizabeth Eyring Turley, circa 1912.
Left to right: infant Harold Emerson Turley, Henry Eyring Turley, Edward Vernon Turley, Clarence Franklin Turley and Theresa Turley.





Harold Turley in basketball stance: Harold was an outstanding player on the Juarez Stake Academy (JSA) basketball team.
He received basketball scholarships to play for Gila Junior College and subsequently for the University of Arizona in the early 1930s.





Harold Turley as starting halfback on the Gila Junior College football team, circa 1930-31, when Harold was featured in
Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" as the starting halfback on the Gila College (Eastern Arizona) Football Team
against the predecessor of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, where Harold played in the first football game he ever saw.





Formal wedding portrait of Harold Emerson Turley and Ireta May Pierce after their wedding (sealing) in the Arizona Temple, November 26, 1937.





Candid photo at the Eyring Family Reunion in Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1974, Spencer & Camilla (Eyring) Kimball in animated discussion
with cousin Harold & Ireta Turley (note: Kalei Turley, Harold Jr.'s daughter, seated next to Elder Kimball; and Brent, Jr. & Todd, Brent's sons, in the foreground).





President Harold Turley, West Mexican Mission formal portrait.





Harold & Ireta Turley, proud grandparents at their granddaughter, Michelle Renee Turley's wedding reception, June 15, 1996,
seven months before Harold's death.