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Cecil Columbus Turner

14 Dec 1921 – 5 Sep 2009

Birth	14 Dec 1921
Death	5 Sep 2009
Cemetery	New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Somerville , Morgan County , Alabama , USA
Added by	Suitcases and Trunks on 22 Jul 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41659533

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REST IN PEACE.. Funeral service for Cecil C. Turner, 87, of Decatur will be Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at 11 a.m. at New Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. Ronald Manley, the Rev. Cecil Berry and the Rev. Tommy Smothers officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in New Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Mr. Turner, who died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at Summerford Nursing Home, was born Dec. 14, 1921, in Morgan County to John Andrew Turner and Mary Beasley Turner. He was retired from Wolverine Tube in Decatur. He was a member of the Morgan County Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in 1999. He was an avid bowler and won the Southern Bowling Championship in 1957, held in Memphis. He also coached several sports. He was also a member of New Friendship Baptist Church. Mr. Turner was preceded in death by his wife, Nora Ella Turner; and a stepson, Michael Champion. Survivors include his wife, Hilda Champion Turner; two sons, Cecil Howard Turner and wife Jo Ann and Mike Turner and wife Jasmin, both of Decatur; three stepdaughters, Gayle Jacobs and husband Larry of Moulton and Connie Perry and husband Tommy and Lori Weeks and husband Roger, both of Decatur; three brothers, Hosie Turner of Oregon, Jim Turner of Decatur and Pierce Turner of Fultondale; three granddaughters, Robin Higdon, Gayla Bailey and Mollie Baldwin; seven great-grandchildren; and five stepgrandchildren. Pallbearers will be Derrick Turner, Jimmy Sharp, Morris Carr, Chip Baldwin, Roger Weeks and Tommy Perry. Honorary pallbearers will be Ronald Sparkman, Allen Houser and Larry Jacobs. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the New Friendship Baptist Cemetery Fund. Published in the Decatur Daily on 9/7/2009

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Family

Parents

• John Andrew Turner 1882–1954
• Mary Clementine Beasley Turner 1886–1949

Spouse

• Nora Ella Sharp Turner 1918–2002 FaG
• Hilda Long Champion 1931–2020 FaG

Siblings

• Andrew Hobert Turner 1903–1973
• Leona Turner Haley 1905–1982
• Hubert Turner 1908–1909
• Mattie Lou Turner Holloway 1909–1999
• Annie Mae Turner Dodson 1912–1947
• Howard Elonzo Turner 1912–1985
• Hershel Sherrill Turner 1916–1941
• James Austin Turner 1920–2009
• John Burnam Turner 1923–1957
• Pierce Fane Turner 1925–2012
• Malcolm Lee Turner 1925–1986
• Billy Spencer Turner 1928–1955
• Arnold Ray Turner 1932–2000

Children

• Cecil Howard Turner 1940–2023 FaG
• Thomas Michael Turner 1950–2011 FaG

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