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Submitted: 10/5/17 • Approved: 10/16/17 • Last Updated: 10/19/17 • R1197704-G1197702-S3
Edward
November 17, 1928 - September 1, 2016
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday, September 4, 2016
SPRINGDALE - Edward Wiley Turner, 87, of Springdale, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. He was born Nov. 17, 1928, in Altus, Okla., to S.A. and Elsie Vera O'Neal Turner.
Edward lived to serve the Lord throughout his life. He was a Baptist minister and graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. He retired from the University of Arkansas.
He was preceded in death by two wives, Thelma Lee (Gibson) Turner and Tommie (Smith) Turner.
He is survived by two children, Tim Turner and wife Candy, Tammy Farriester and husband Brian all of Springdale; four grandchildren, Ashley Jones and husband Kerry, Tyler Turner, Sloan Farriester, Kinley Farriester, one great-grandchild, Max Edward Jones; and one brother and two sisters all of Texas.
Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Heritage Funeral Home, online guestbook at www.heritageofnwa.com. Burial will be at Sonora Cemetery.
Thelma
December 6, 1933 - May 1, 1993
*Obituary
The Northwest Arkansas Morning News
Sunday, May 2, 1993
Thelma Lee Turner, 59, of Springdale, died Saturday, May 1, at Springdale Memorial Hospital.
Born Dec. 6, 1933, at Fayetteville to George H. Gibson and Oved Bell Smith Gibson, she was a retired school teacher. She was a member of Thomas Lakeview Baptist Church.
Survivors are her husband, the Rev. Edward Wiley Turner; a son, Timothy Turner of Springdale; a daughter, Tammy Farriester of Springdale; three brothers, Harvey, Earl and Don Gibson, all of Fayetteville; a sister, Juanita Nakai of Woodland, Ga.; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral is set for 2 p.m. Monday at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Springdale, with the Rev. Homer Albright officiating. Burial is to be in Sonora Cemetery. Visitation is set for 2-5 p.m. today
Contributed on 10/5/17 by wfields55
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