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Nell Turpin Turner

May 23, 1935 — July 29, 2018

Nell Lorene Turpin Turner, age 83 of Mercer, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

She was born May 23, 1935 in Cloverport to Thomas Oren and Myrtle May Sanderson Byrum, both now deceased, and lived all of her life in the Cloverport - Mercer community.

On October 17, 1953, she married Mr. Frank Allen Turpin and at the time of his passing October 5, 1991, they had been married 37 years. In 1996, she married Joseph Andrew Turner. Mr. Turner died in 2006. Also, Mrs. Turner was preceded in death by a son, Garry Allen Turpin; and a brother, Herbert Lavern Byrum.

She was retired from Kilgore Corporation where she worked nearly 30 years and was a member of the Maple Springs Baptist Church near Mercer. She enjoyed traveling with her Sr. Sunday School Class and listening to live gospel music performances.

She leaves a daughter, Cindy (Charlie) Ross of Mercer; a son, Larry (Janice) Turpin of Mercer; a brother, Bedford (Rose) Byrum of Mercer; ten grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to the American Heart Association or the Alzheimer's Foundation.

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Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Monday, July 30, 2018

5:00 - 8:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

109 Mecklinburg Drive, Bolivar, TN 38008

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Visitation

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

12:00 - 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Maple Springs Baptist Church

155 Maple Springs Road, Medon, TN 38356

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Service

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Starts at 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Maple Springs Baptist Church

155 Maple Springs Road, Medon, TN 38356

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