Wendy Zietse Bennett Turner

Wendy Zietse Bennett Turner, age 61, of Knoxville, passed away on September 20, 2024. She was born on the island of Curacao on April 7, 1963. After graduating with an MA degree from the University of Tennessee, Wendy made her home in Knoxville where she married and had a family. She spent many years teaching Spanish to college students, starting at Tennessee Wesleyan University in Athens, Tennessee, and continuing at Knoxville College. She completed her career by teaching Spanish for over twenty years at Pellissippi State Community College as an Associate Professor of Liberal Arts.
She was preceded in death by her father, Oscar Lawrence Bennett and sister, Kyle Bennett. Her survivors include her husband, Jeffrey Grant Turner, son Justin Jeffrey Turner, daughter, Jayda Tierra Turner, son Jeremy Turner (wife Kellie and children Brooklyn & Blakely), mother, Sheila Rose Scully Bennett, brothers Oscar Lawrence Bennett, Bob Wilkins, Mike Martin, and Bruce Joseph Bennett, sisters Marva Doris Bennett, Steve Lorna Bennett, Camille Bennett Hackett, and Steve Bennett, along with several nieces and nephews and numerous friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Young-Williams Animal Center at www.young-williams.org or Centro Hispano de East Tennessee at www.centrohispanotn.org.
The family will receive friends on Saturday from 3:00 – 5:00 pm at Rose Funeral & Cremation – Mann, with a memorial service to follow at 5:00 pm.
The service will be streamed on the funeral homes Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/RoseMannHeritage/
Online condolences and fond memories may be shared with the family at www.rosefuneraltn.com