Extracted from The Grenada Star (Grenada, MS)
Friday, July 9, 2010

Mary Jo Turner

Funeral services for Mary Joe Turner, 86, of Grenada, were at 3 p.m. Monday at the National Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grenada.

Mrs. Turner died July 2, 2010, at Grace Health and Rehab in Grenada.

She was born April 14, 1924, in Carroll County, to the late Tillman and Mary Emmons.

Mrs. Turner was a homemaker and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Grenada.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Catherine Harris and Juanita Miskelly.

Survivors include her husband, Dorville Turner of Grenada; one daughter, Karen Hamby of Grenada; two sons, Kenny Turner and Bernard Turner, both of Grenada; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

National Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.