In 1908 Turney was elected Brewster County Attorney and during the ensuing 35 years he intermittently practiced law and served the public in a number of capacities including the offices of County Commissioner, County Judge, and member of the Texas Legislature. He was active in the Methodist Church, the Texas Bar Association, the Alpine Masonic Lidge, Woodmen of the World, and various civic organizations. Judge Turney died in Alpine in 1952 and his wife in 1980.

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Annie Kate Etheridge Turney
By: Frank W. Daugherty
Was born in 1883 in Harrison County, Texas. When she came to visit a relative in Alpine she met and married Albert M. Turney, a lawyer and Brewster County Judge.

In 1908 she married Turney who had been elected to the Texas Legislature. At the end of Turney's term in the ligislature they returned to Alpine to make their home. Mrs. Turney was active in the affairs of the Presbyterian Church in Alpine and became its first female elder. She was a charter member of the Alpine Study Club and the Pilot Club. For many yeaqrs she was amember of the Board of Directors of the Alpine Community Center which was established to advance the well being of the Hispanic members of the community.

In 1923, Mrs. Turney was appointed U. S. Postmaster for Alpine and held this position for nearly 30 years when she retired to attend her husband, Judge Turney, who was in failing health. After his death in 1952, she continued her activities in various civic and organizations until incapacitated by age. Mrs. Turney died in 1980 at the age of 97 years.