Grady (Pete) Turner, 84
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A deputy sheriff with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and a member of American Legion Post 173, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.
A McMinnville resident and Warren County native, he was the son of William Jesse and Ester Lee Green Turner; and was preceded in death by his wife, Margie Frances Brown Turner in 2004; son, Aubrey Levoy Turner; grandsons, Mark Turner, Chase and Mark Morton; and brother, Herbert Turner.
He is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Eva Lois and Gary Brady of McMinnville, Nan and Marty Waldron of McMinnville; sons and daughters-in-law, Grady and Shirley Turner, Hugh and Joan Turner, Brownie William Turner and Josh Moore, all of McMinnville; sisters and brother-in-law, Bobbie and Avery Boyd, and Ernestine Cunningham, all of McMinnville; brother and sister-in-law, Hubert and Della Turner of McMinnville; special friend, Al Carter of McMinnville; 14 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; special cousin, Larry Abston of Winchester.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at High’s Chapel with Jackie Matheny and Paul Gunn officiating. Burial will follow at Smyrna Cemetery with military graveside rites administered by VFW Post 5064 and American Legion Post 173. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. until time of service Thursday at High’s. Memorial donations may be made to the Lazarus Hospice.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 10, 2005