Margie Frances Brown Turner, 82

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Margie Frances Brown Turner, 82, died June 3 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.

A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Eli and Mary Gibbs Brown; and was preceded in death by son, Aubrey Lavoy Turner; grandsons, Mark Lavoy Morton and Mark Turner; great-grandson, Chase Morton; brothers, Tom and Willard Brown; and sister, Janie Brown.

She is survived by her husband, Grady Pete Turner; daughters and sons-in-law, Eva Lois and Gary Brady, Nanette and Marty Waldron, all of McMinnville; sons and daughters-in-law, Grady and Shirley Turner, Hugh and Joan Turner, Brownie Turner and Josh Hicks, all of McMinnville; special daughters, Carolyn Sims and Tammie Gutierrez of McMinnville; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; sister, Myrtle Grieves of McMinnville; several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at High’s Chapel with Paul Gunn and Ray Gilder officiating. Burial will follow at Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until time of service today at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 6, 2004