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Joe Garner Turman is a Christian author, speaker and retired missionary living in Marshall County, Alabama. He has authored several books including: ''Buddy'', about a boxer in the 1950s and 1960s, and ''Sling Creek'', a novel about the life and activities of a small community in the rural South and how it deals with a murder. ==Biography== A native of Noonday, Texas, Turman attended Noonday and Tyler schools. He attended Tyler High School where he played football and boxed. Upon graduation, he volunteered for service in the United States Marines. After receiving an honorable discharge from the USMC, worked in New York City on Fifth Avenue. Underwent a life-changing experience in a conversion at a Billy Graham Crusade in Madison Square Garden. Married Gloria Ann Reece from Brownsville, Tennessee. Education includes a B.A. from Carson-Newman College, in Jefferson City, Tennessee, in English Literature, and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. The field of service for Turman, and his family, was Vietnam. They were evacuated out of Vietnam in April 1975 after serving in that war-torn country for six years. They went on to serve with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Philippines, Indonesia, Zambia and Slovakia, over a period of thirty years. He speaks Vietnamese, Indonesian and Tonga (Zambia). Retired in Guntersville, Alabama in 2000. Retirement years used for family time, working in local church, traveling, speaking and writing. Joe and Gloria have four children and six grandchildren. Lives in the Georgia Mountain Community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Turman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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