Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
Couples Had Been In Ongoing Court Battles
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Sometimes, not.
There are disagreements, disentanglements, and the union is shattered, sometimes in an untimely fashion.
Such is the case with Jennifer Jean Wittwer Turner and Kirk Alan Turner, married Jan. 8, 1984 in Las Vegas. They lived for a time in Maryland, but ended up in Davie County, on Jack Booe Road. They had two children, Gwendolyn Elizabeth (Wendy), in 1985 and Gilbert Richard (Richie), in 1986. Kirk, a dentist, has owned Clemmons Dental Practice since 1996. Jennifer worked part time for him, filing insurance and doing billing and collections.
By Jennifer’s accounts, they were a happy couple. Until April 4, 2006.
According to court records, Jennifer said Kirk surprised her by telling her he wanted to separate, that he was not happy and that the marriage had been over a long time. She, on the other hand, said she was happy and content with their union.
Kirk complained, among other things, that Jennifer stayed in bed all day watching television, that she rarely cooked for him, that she would not do his laundry, that she failed to pay bills on time, that she did not visit him when he had to be in the hospital in 2004, that she didn’t attend concerts by a band he enjoys with him, that she thought his idea to write a novel was stupid and that she withheld physical affection.
He also claimed she contracted a sexually transmitted disease when she traveled to Spain in 2005 with another man.
Jennifer said Kirk rarely invited her to go along to concerts, that the reason she was in her pajamas in bed watching television when he got home from work was that it was usually between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.