Officer Olynthia Jermaine Turner
Passed 09/18/2021
Funeral Services for Officer Olynthia “Jermaine” Turner 45, of Stockbridge, GA will be Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Dooly County High School Athletic Field, 715 3rd St, Vienna, GA 31092. Interment will be held at Little Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, 925 Poplar Springs Rd, Byromville, GA 31007, immediately following the Funeral.
Public Visitation will be held Thursday, September 30, 2021 from 2pm to 6pm at J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Home, 1202 Clark Ave, Albany, GA 31705. Public Visitation will also be held Friday, October 1, 2021 from 2pm to 6pm at Coes Funeral Home, 1398 Pine St, Unadilla, GA 31091.
Olynthia “J ermaine” Turner was born March 17, 1976, to the union of Arthur Lee Turner and Willie Lou West Turner in Albany, Georgia. Jermaine received his formal education in the Dougherty County School System, graduating from Dougherty Comprehensive High School in Albany, Georgia, in 1994. He furthered his education at Coastline Community College, earning an Associates of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 2008 and the University of Maryland University College by earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Assurance in 2016.
Jermaine accepted Christ as his Savior at an early age and joined Little Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as an usher before departing the area for military service. He worshipped at various churches but last called Impact Church in Jacksonville, Florida, his church home.
Jermaine enlisted into the United States Navy in 1994 and went on to serve for 20 years before honorably retiring in 2014 as a Petty Officer First Class (Master-at-Arms). His duty assignments included the USS Butte AE-27 at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, New Jersey; USS Mitscher DDG-57; Naval Consolidated Brig at Naval Weapon Station Charleston, South Carolina; USS Philippine Sea CG-58; Naval Support Activity Souda Bay Crete, Greece; Washington Navy Yard and Naval Research Lab; Headquarters United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany; and Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida.
Jermaine was united in holy matrimony with Latoya Blake in 2002 in Charleston, South Carolina; their union was blessed with two children. Jermaine graduated from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia in 2020, and immediately began serving as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deportation Officer. He accepted an assignment to the Atlanta, Georgia Field Office that same year.
In his leisure, Jermaine enjoyed watching sports and was an avid college and professional football fan, supporting both the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the Atlanta Falcons. He also enjoyed saving money, spending time with family and friends, and providing laughter to Facebook friends.
Jermaine answered the Master’s call on September 18, 2021. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Eddie Ranford Turner and Arie Bell McKenzie Turner; maternal grandparents, Lucious West, Jr., and Willie Louise Hollis West; and aunts, Cora Johnson, Montine Turner, and Essie Turner.
He is survived by: his sons, Jordan Blake and Jamaal Blake, both of Kennesaw, Georgia; parents, Arthur Lee Turner and Willie Lou West Turner of Albany, Georgia; brother, Gregory Turner of Albany, Georgia; sisters, Chanel Turner of Spokane, Washington, and Renata Turner of Goldsboro, North Carolina; nephew, Devon (Lacy) Atkinson of Norfolk, Virginia; great-nephew and niece, Timothy and Jordan Cartwright; aunts, Susie Davis of Lynwood, Illinois, Mattie Turner Parker of South Holland, Illinois, Geraldine (John) Lewis of Cordele, Georgia, Doris Lester of Unadilla, Georgia, and Evelyn West of Vienna, Georgia; uncles, Tommy L. Turner of Vero Beach, Florida, Eugene Arnold of Unadilla, Georgia, William Turner of Unadilla, Georgia, Melvin (Dot) West of Miami, Florida, Willie James (Gloria) West of Elko, Georgia, and Colman (Tracey) West of Warner Robins, Georgia; loyal friends who he considered his brothers, Robert James of Bonaire, Georgia, Darroyl Simmons of Stockbridge, Georgia, and Jeremiah Johnson of Atlanta, Georgia; and a host of cousins and friends
Final rites have been entrusted to Coes Funeral Home, Unadilla.