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Mrs. Lowney Turner Handy, founder of a famed writers colony here which produced such literary giants as James Jones, died at her home in Marshall, Sinois Saturday, , June 27, 1964. Mrs. Handy was 60 years old. She was the daughter of James and Fannie Turner, her father was a former Illinois state legislator, and Clark County Sheriff. Mrs. Handy became interested in helping young writers about 16 years ago. In addition to Jones, who wrote the best-selling novel “From Here To Eternity,” Mrs. Handy is credited with developing other well known authors including Tom Chamales, Jere Peacock, Edwin Daly, John Shirrota and Gerald Tesch. Mrs. Handy established a number of modest, dormitory type build Inga on her property and in these quarters she housed and looked after writers who sought her help. Her colony for writers gained nat ional attention some years ago and her Interest In authors attracted writers from all over the country. At the Handy Colony, young writers were encouraged to cut themselves away from the rest of the world and devote most of their time to writing. Mrs. Handy pre sided over the colony with a firm ness, friends say, which kept the writers busy at their typewriters. The meals were simple at Mrs. Handy’s, but the talk was hot and hearty. She patrolled the buildings where the apprentice writers lab ored and would burst in unannounced if she didnt hear a typewriter clicking. She demanded that her budding writers copy long passages from much novelists as Herman Melville and Theodore Dreiser, and ‘urvivors include three brothers, Harold and Wayne Turner of Mar ma and Lt. Commeree Pure 1B. Nays n, “VanD aes Reemer and Mrs. Gladys Murphy, both of Indianapolis, Mrs. Vivian McClellan, Centralia, Ill, and Mrs. Faye Swain, Cincin nati, Ohio, also her mother in law Mrs. Sol Handy. Mrs. Handy's husband, Harry, an oil company executive, died March 29, 1963. Funeral services for Mrs. Handy were held at 2:00 P. M., Monday at the Moore Funeral Home, with Rev. C. C.Campbell officiating. Burial was at the Marshall Cem etery,
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Marshall Clark County Democrat
Marshall, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 02, 1964
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