McMinnville resident and Warren County native Hubert Turner, 87, died Oct. 6 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A nurseryman and retired owner of Turner’s Bend Nursey and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Jesse and Ester Lee Green Turner and was preceded in death by his wife, Della Deplorah Curtis in 2012; daughter and son-in-law, Gail and Gary Dodson; son-in-law, Phillip Martin; daughter-in-law, Karon Layne; grandson, Shane Alan Dodson; siblings, Nolan Turner; Evelyn Turner, Pete Turner, Herbert Turner and Ernestine Cunningham.He is survived children and their spouses, Diane and Harry Grissom, Evelyn Martin, and Herbert (Bud) Turner, all of McMinnville; grandchildren, Shawn and LeAnne Grissom, Jeremie and Lori Turner, Kelly Dodson, Kristy and Ronald Clendenon, Shayna and Randall Green, Karissa and Mark Hale, Amber Dodson and Donnie Fults, Dustin and Brandi Martin and Josh Smith; 17 great-grandchildren; sister, Bobbie Boyd of McMinnville; special friend, Sharon Patrick of McMinnville; several nieces and nephews.Services were held Thursday at High’s Chapel with burial following at Smyrna Cemetery. High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 9, 2015
Hubert Turner, 87