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  1. James Luther "J.L." Turner (February 28, 1891 - April 19, 1964) was an American businessperson. He was the founder of J.L. Turner and Son, the predecessor of Dollar General.

  2. Jun 29, 2020 · In 1939, James Luther Turner’s only child, Hurley Calister Turner, known as Cal Sr., bought a building in Scottsville to serve as the warehouse for a new wholesale business, J. L. Turner and...

  3. From humble beginnings, James Luther Turner established the company in 1939 and led its initial growth, ultimately expanding it to a small chain of profitable department stores across Kentucky and Tennessee by the mid-1950s.

  4. Apr 12, 2018 · The book details the origins of Dollar General and the history of the family that built it. The company first began in 1939 as a family-owned business called J.L. Turner and Son, run by James Luther Turner and Cal Turner Sr., Turner Jr.’s father and grandfather.

  5. How Our Story Began. James Luther (J.L.) Turners father died in an accident in 1902 when J.L. was only 11. J.L. quit school so he could work on the family farm and help provide for his mother and siblings and never completed his education.

  6. James Luther Turner. Birth. 28 Feb 1891. Macon County, Tennessee, USA. Death. 19 Apr 1964 (aged 73) Allen County, Kentucky, USA. Burial.

  7. Mr. J.L. Turner, co- founder of Dollar General knew the need for many folks to stretch a dollar as far as possible. You might not know that he didn’t learn to read until adulthood, and is also a literacy champion. Born in 1891, James Luther Turner grew up as the son of a Kentucky farmer and only received a third-grade education and never ...

  8. Aug 4, 2018 · Cal Sr.’s father, James Luther Turner, was the oldest of four children, a child who left school at age 11 to run his family’s farm in Macon County, Tennessee, following the death of his own...

  9. James Luther "J.L." Turner (February 28, 1891 - April 19, 1964) was the founder of J.L. Turner and Son, the predecessor of Dollar General.

  10. Born in Macon Co, TN on Feb 28, 1891 to Johnnie G. Turner and Nancy Eleanor Meador. James Luther Turner married Josephine Marcrum and had 3 children. He passed away on 19 APR 1964 in Cresent Hill, Allen, Kentucky, United States.

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