Background
Turbyfill, John Ray was born on September 28, 1931 in Newland, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Manuel and Della Isabell (Braswell) Turbyfill.
Turbyfill, John Ray was born on September 28, 1931 in Newland, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Manuel and Della Isabell (Braswell) Turbyfill.
Bachelor, Roanoke College, 1953; Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1956.
Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, 1956-1960; member of law department, Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Roanoke, Virginia, 1960-1970; senior vice president, Erie Lackawanna Railway Company and Delaware & Hudson Railway Company, Cleveland, Virginia, 1970-1972; vice president, Dereco, Inc., Cleveland, Virginia, 1970-1972, 73-; vice president administration, Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Roanoke, Virginia, 1972-1974; vice president finance, Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Roanoke, Virginia, 1974-1980; executive vice president, Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Roanoke, Virginia, since 1980; executive vice president finance, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia, 1982-1993; vice chairman, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia, since 1993; also with, Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation, since 1982; executive vice president finance, Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation, since 1984; retired. Vice president Virginia Holding Corporation, Roanoke, since 1973. Vice president finance Pochahontas Land Corporation, Bluefield, West Virginia.
Member American Bar Association, Roanoke Valley College of C. (vice president 1974-1976, president 1976), Phi Delta Phi.
Married Joyce Lorraine Wainwright Bolton, August 14, 1954. Children: Karen Denise, John Ray.