Estelle Turner

Estelle Pressley Turner VIRGINIA BEACH - After 100 years of gracious living, Estelle Pressley Turner's life on earth came to a close Dec. 12, 2008. Known as "Nana" to her loved ones, Estelle was born Feb. 4, 1908, in Asheville, N.C., to Ethel M. Pressley and Erwin F. Pressley. She spent her earlier years with her parents, brothers and sisters in Biltmore, N.C. For a short time after high school, she attended Moody Bible College. She worked for the Bell Telephone Co. as an operator. She met and married a Baptist minister's son, Gordon W. Turner formerly of Greenville, S.C., who preceded her in death in 1999. During World War II, she worked at Western Electric in Winston-Salem, N.C., for the Defense Department. Over the years, Estelle was a Sunday school teacher, president of the PTA when her children were young, active in a garden club, worked with handicapped Girl Scouts and was a member of Thalia Lynn Baptist Church. Most of all, she was a loving sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was also preceded in death by her son, Norman K. Turner; her parents, two brothers, two sisters and three brothers-in-law. Surviving members of her family include her sister, Marian P. Costas of Chesapeake; her daughter, Angela T. Maccubbin and husband Donald K. Maccubbin of Virginia Beach; her daughter-in-law, Jane Turner Lawrence of Orlando, Fla.; her grandchildren, Leslie M. Park and husband Kenny K. Park of Warsaw, Va., Craig R. Maccubbin and wife Janet F. Maccubbin of Frisco, Texas, Scott G. Maccubbin and wife Becky K. Maccubbin of Chesapeake and Shawn K. Turner of Winter Spring, Fla. She is also survived by seven great-grandchildren, Hannah, Caleb and Judson Park of Warsaw, Va., Sydney and Summer Maccubbin of Frisco, Texas, and Breanna and Colin Maccubbin of Chesapeake; her brother-in-law, Eugene Ellison of Chesapeake; and a host of loving nieces, nephews and friends who have become like family at Sentara Nursing Center in Virginia Beach. She will always be lovingly remembered for her sense of humor, her joy in dancing and her fun, loving spirit, "No sister, a clod won't do!" The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel. A celebration of her life will be conducted at Thalia Lynn Baptist Church Tuesday at 11 a.m. by her grandson, the Rev. Kenny Park and her pastor, Dr. Prentis McGoldrick. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to a charity of one's choice. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.