Funeral service for Hugh Turner, 74, of Auburn, AL, will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 12, 2021, at Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 650 Jeter Avenue, Opelika, AL 36801with interment in Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, 553 Highway 165, Fort Mitchell, Alabama 36856, Pastor Clifford E. Jones will officiate.

Reverend Turner, who passed away Saturday, February 6, 2021 at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama, was born April 30, 1946 in Talladega, Alabama.

Public viewing for Reverend Turner will be Thursday, February 11, 2021, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Reverend Turner will lie in repose one hour at the church prior to the service.

He leaves to cherish his memory: his wife of 55 years, Veleria Turner; two sons, Felix (Necole) Turner of Lawrenceville, GA and Christopher (Sherry) Turner of Jacksonville, AL; five grandchildren, Kendal, Devin, Nicholas, Tada and Cristian; one sister, Alfretta (Warren) Green of Talladega, AL; two sisters-in-law, Virginia Holiday of Oxford, AL and Mary Helen Bolton of Anniston, AL; one brother-in-law, Otis (Pearl) Wilson of Midland, GA; three aunts, Vera Rhoden of Mumford, AL, Edna Archie of Yorktown, VA and Tina Anderson of Chicago, IL; a host of nieces, nephews, the Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church Family and friends.

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