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Ma Turney Keeps Mail Route Through Oakland and Cumberland
In Oakland Maryland and Cumberland Maryland area the long time star route carrier Mrs Savilla Jane Turney known as Ma Turney runs a daily 60 mile mail path with her two sons for 29 years since her husband’s death. The trio drive pickup and larger trucks loading cargo for towns not served by trains or planes. She handles scheduling and paperwork while maintaining a church custodian role in Oakland for 27 years and once baked huckleberry pies for crew members.
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Oakland
Turney
Terra Alta
W. Va
Cumberland
Lloyd Turney
Oakland- Cumberland
Western Sport
Swanton
Keyser
Westcornport
St. Mark’s ‘Lutheran Church