Jeffrey "Allen" Turner

Jeffrey Allen Turner, age 66, of Tyrone, GA, passed away Monday, October 30, 2023, in Honolulu, HI. He will be remembered as a true renaissance man who loved music, travel, and most of all his family.
Allen was born on January 31st, 1957, in Roanoke, VA, and was the only son to Peggy Ann Mays Turner and Craig "Teri" Jerome Turner. As a child he lived in Izmir, Turkey where his father worked for NATO. He learned to speak Turkish and Italian during their years there and returned to the United States to begin second grade. Upon his graduation from Potomac Senior High School in Oxon Hill, MD, in 1975, Allen enlisted in the United States Air Force as a surgical technician. He earned his Associate of Science degree in Applied Science during his service at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS. After his honorable discharge from the USAF in 1979 at the rank of Sergeant, he attended Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. Following his graduation in 1981, Allen enlisted in the Louisiana National Guard as a combat medic and attained the rank of Specialist 5. He also performed teaching research and graduate assistant duties at Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, LA, culminating in a Master of Science degree in Chemistry. He was to married Julie Ann Ellington of Monroe, LA, from 1982 to 2003. After earning his civilian private pilot's license, Allen joined the USAF again and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He attended USAF pilot training in Columbus, MS, where he earned his wings. He has flown both humanitarian and military missions from Cairo, Egypt to Bangkok, Thailand and from Lima, Peru to Kenya and Somalia. During his military service, Allen earned a Master of Arts degree in Management from Webster University. He completed his military career of 20 years as a Major in the Tennessee Air National Guard in Memphis, TN, after several hundred missions and several thousand hours of flying time. Allen worked as an airline pilot for Delta Airlines from 1990 to 2021. He graduated from John Marshall Law school in Atlanta with honors and was admitted to the Georgia Bar in May of 2000. He practiced law at the Henderson House in Dallas, GA, and traveled extensively. At the time of his passing, he lived transnationally in both Bangkok, Thailand and Tyrone, GA, and was fluent in both Japanese and Thai.
He is survived by his mother, his sister, his longtime companion, Tammy Tomoko Ochi, his four children: Christine Ann Skogsberg (Chad), Craig Robert Turner (Crista), Lauren Renee Turner, and Nicole Marie Turner, his three grandchildren: Jeffrey Robert McCool, Olivia Avery Turner, and Maple Ann Turner, and a wealth of nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends.
Private family services will be conducted at Georgia National Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you donate to the charity he often volunteered at, Midwest Food Bank. https://www.midwestfoodbank.org/locations/peachtree-city-ga/donate-georgia
Sosebee Funeral Home, 191 Jarvis St., Canton, Georgia, is honored to serve the family of Jeffrey Allen Turner.