Evona Tanner Turner

Evona Tanner Turner, 87, of Troutville, Va., entered into her Heavenly Rest on Sunday, November 29, 2009. Born on January 28, 1922, in Sun Hill, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Cleon and Viola Tanner. On June 5, 1941, she married her late husband, Bernard Alva Turner. Mrs. Turner was a longtime member of Troutville Baptist Church. She was cafeteria manager at both Northside High School and Northside Middle School from 1961 to 1984. Surviving are her daughter and sonin-law, Sarah T. and Michael Patterson, of California, Md.; two grandchildren, Stephen M. Patterson, of California, Md., and Andrea Patterson Mikkola and husband, Major David Mikkola, of Collierville, Tenn.; three greatgrandchildren, Joshua, Sarah Ashley and Rachel; brother, James Tanner, of Tennille, Ga.; two sisters, Mary Cooke, of Sandersville, Ga., and Margaret Holley, of Atlanta, Ga.; sister-in-law, Ella Turner, of Bassett; and many nieces and nephews in Virginia and Georgia. Those wishing to make memorials, please, consider the King's Christian Academy, 20738 Point Lookout Road, Callaway, Md. 20620 or the Troutville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 309, Troutville, Va. 24175. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Oakey's North Chapel. Her nephew, the Rev. Douglas Turner, of Answering the Call and her pastor, the Rev. Carol Johnston, of Troutville Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Old Dominion Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Oakey's North Chapel, 540-362-1237.