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EUGENE "Gene" TURNER, JR. was born August 31, 1951 to the blessed union of the late Eugene and Mary McSwain Turner, Sr. in Yantley, Choctaw County, Alabama. He peacefully transitioned to the Will of God at his residence surrounded by loving family on July 5, 2025 at 11:58 a.m. Service of Remembrance and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. from Pine Grove Baptist Church, Yantley with pastor Rev. Willie D. Burton as officiant. Brother Turner will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time. Interment and Service of Committal follows in Fairfield CME Cemetery, Halsell Community. Visitation for family and friends is scheduled Friday evening from 3-6:00 p.m. in the Weatherly Chapel.
To the entire Turner Family, we at Weatherly Funeral Home offer to each of you our most sincere and heartfelt sympathy and condolences. Our prayer remains that your abiding faith in God will lend to you a measure of comfort to strengthen and sustain you during your time of bereavement.
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