Maurice was the son of John Wesley Turner and Annie Ophelia Farr. He was the son of a sharecropper and was raised in the height of the Great Depression. He was the youngest of 6 boys and two sisters were born later. Due to the stresses of the time, the family worked hard together farming. Maurice's bane was the cotton field, and his pride was his horse Charlie. Maurice proudly served in the Air Force during the Korean War. After his military service, he spent his career as a pioneer of modern telecommunications, working for Southwestern Bell. Maurice was a bow-hunter and fisherman and fancied himself somewhat of an inventor and his friends and family will attest to the fact that he was a connoisseur of barbeque. He was a devoted father and loving grandfather. He was also known as a "big flirt", especially with the ladies at Spring Baptist Church. He was a dyed in the wool Democrat, a frugal gentleman, active in his Sunday School class, served on the board of Fox Run Homeowners Association, and working on getting his ideas patented. Maurice was preceded in death by his parents, John and Annie Turner; his wife, Dora Mae Pemberton Clements Turner; 4 brothers, George Allen Turner, Ottis Turner, Woodrow Lane Turner and John Wesley Turner, Jr. Survivors include his children, Carroll Ross Clements, Tonya Rae Dunn and Wesley Allen Turner; grandchildren, James, Lauren and Kristen Dunn; brother, Hubert Turner; sisters, Annie Lee Davis and Dorothy Gray. Pallbearers are Wesley Turner, Russ Clements, Bryan Dunn, Ronald Gray, John Gray and Raymond Smith.
Maurice was the son of John Wesley Turner and Annie Ophelia Farr. He was the son of a sharecropper and was raised in the height of the Great Depression. He was the youngest of 6 boys and two sisters were born later. Due to the stresses of the time, the family worked hard together farming. Maurice's bane was the cotton field, and his pride was his horse Charlie. Maurice proudly served in the Air Force during the Korean War. After his military service, he spent his career as a pioneer of modern telecommunications, working for Southwestern Bell. Maurice was a bow-hunter and fisherman and fancied himself somewhat of an inventor and his friends and family will attest to the fact that he was a connoisseur of barbeque. He was a devoted father and loving grandfather. He was also known as a "big flirt", especially with the ladies at Spring Baptist Church. He was a dyed in the wool Democrat, a frugal gentleman, active in his Sunday School class, served on the board of Fox Run Homeowners Association, and working on getting his ideas patented. Maurice was preceded in death by his parents, John and Annie Turner; his wife, Dora Mae Pemberton Clements Turner; 4 brothers, George Allen Turner, Ottis Turner, Woodrow Lane Turner and John Wesley Turner, Jr. Survivors include his children, Carroll Ross Clements, Tonya Rae Dunn and Wesley Allen Turner; grandchildren, James, Lauren and Kristen Dunn; brother, Hubert Turner; sisters, Annie Lee Davis and Dorothy Gray. Pallbearers are Wesley Turner, Russ Clements, Bryan Dunn, Ronald Gray, John Gray and Raymond Smith.
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