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Mack
Donald “Don” Turner
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[March 25, 2023]
ATLANTA -
Mack Donald “Don” Turner, 98, of Atlanta, passed away at 3:04 a.m.
on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Carle BroMenn Medical Center in
Normal. |
Visitation:
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home
Funeral home:
Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Mack Donald “Don” Turner, 98, of
Atlanta, passed away at 3:04 a.m. on Saturday, March
18, 2023, at Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
Funeral Services for Don will be held on Wednesday,
March 22, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta. Mr. Maurice Stribling will
officiate. Burial will follow at the Atlanta
Cemetery.
Visitation will be at the funeral home on Wednesday
from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Mack Donald Turner was born February 28, 1925, in
Atlanta, the son of Mack and Dovie Powell Turner. He
was united in marriage to Bettie Jean Menzel on Aug.
18, 1946. Bettie preceded Don in death on Nov. 5,
2018.
Don is survived by their children: Sandra (Dennis)
Smith, Susan Turner, Sheryl (Joe) Kaul, and Sally
(Gary) McGinnis; six grandchildren: Lora (Matt)
Puckett, Scott Smith, Sarah Kaul, Angelina McGinnis,
Kolton McGinnis and Joessa McGinnis; one
great-granddaughter: Ashleigh Smith; and special
niece, Betsy Kindred Shifflet.
He was preceded in death by one
daughter Donna Jo Turner, and two sisters: Norma
Kindred and Ardus Terviel. |
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Don was a 1943 graduate of the
Atlanta High School and then served in the United
States Navy during WWII. Following the war, Don and
his father farmed together for many years until he
went to work for the State of Illinois. Don retired
from his position of foreman for the Illinois
Department of Transportation in 1989.
Don was a 65+ year member of the Atlanta Masonic
Lodge #165 A.F. & A.M. and the oldest member of the
Eminence Christian Church. He loved music and played
the saxophone and mandolin in a family trio. He also
played drums for the Atlanta Community Band and his
retirement community band. Don enjoyed watching
NASCAR races and St. Louis Cardinals baseball,
playing cards and spending winters in Florida with
his wife, Bettie.
Memorials may be made to the Atlanta Rescue Squad.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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