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Earnest Franklin Turner

16 Feb 1920 – 14 Feb 1990

Birth	16 Feb 1920
Death	14 Feb 1990
Cemetery	Evergreen Cemetery Paris , Lamar County , Texas , USA
Added by	Brenda Duckworth Bennett on 07 Nov 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14780061

Bio

LAMAR COUNTY ECHO, 22 Feb 1990 Earnest Franklin Turner, 69, 1803 Clarksville St., died at his home on Wednesday, 14 Feb 1990. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 17 Feb., in Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J.W. Sims officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Turner was born 16 Feb 1920, in Birthright, a son of Frank and Oda Rushing Turner. He attended schools in Birthright and married Billie Faye Milsap in Lamar County on 10 Jan 1940. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army. He worked for Paris Milling Co. for 30 years until retiring in 1983 as a truck driver. Surviving are his wife; five daughters, Martha Spears of Paris, Gloria Holley of Powderly, Sue Lester of Arlington, Sherry Ebbs of Little Rock, Ark., and Fonda King of Paris; two sons, Glen Turner of Paris and Keith Turner of Paris; 20 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and three sisters, Lillie Mae Sharpe of Mineola, Rosa Duckworth of Cooper and Cora Byarms of Idabel, Okla.

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Family

Parents

• William Franklin Turner 1884–1958
• Oda Elizabeth "Oder" Rushing Turner 1888–1921

Spouse

• Billie Fae Turner 1925–2001 FaG

Siblings

• Ovis Clinton Henson 1907–1989
• Lillie Mae Turner Davis 1912–1997
• Cora Magalin Turner Byrum 1915–2007
• Rosa Lee "Rosie" Turner Duckworth 1918–2017

Children

• Martha Faye Turner Spears 1942–2014 FaG
• Gloria Jean Turner 1946–2025 FaG
• Sherry Ann Turner Ebbs 1952–2023 FaG

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