Terry’s Metropolitan Mortuary | Talladega, AL

Obituary For Celia English Turner

Home going celebration for Mrs. Celia Turner, 90, will be 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020 at Kelly Springs Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor L. L. Jacobs will deliver the eulogy. Interment will be in Hall Grove Church Cemetery. Mrs. Turner will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. The funeral service will be limited to immediate family only.

Mrs. Celia English Turner began life’s journey on Monday, June 10, 1929, to the union of Alfred English and Anna Jemison English in Ohatchee, Alabama.

Mrs. Turner accepted Christ at an early age and united with Kelly Springs Missionary Baptist Church where she was an active participant in Sunday school and bible study. She was also a member of the usher board, choir and missionary society. Professionally, she was employed with AIDB and was an assistant in the Radiology Department at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center.

On Friday, March 13, 2020, Celia began her eternal journey at Talladega Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was preceded in passing by her husband, Hugh Turner, Sr.; two children, Henry George English and Mary H. Cochran; a grandson, Anrae "Bo" English; her parents, Alfred and Anna English; three brothers and six sisters.

She leaves to cherish her memories: two children, Alfretta (Warren) Green of Talladega, Alabama and Reverend Hugh (Valeria) Turner, Jr. of Auburn, Alabama; seven grandchildren, Claudette English Porter, Felix (Necole) Turner, Terrance (Arronda) Mosley, Dr. Bertis English, Evette Williams, Patrick (Adrienne) Green and Christopher Turner; fifteen great grandchildren and ten great-great grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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