BEDFORD Charles Charlie Turner, Jr., 49, Bedford, passed away at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, August 1, 2009, at his residence.
Born December 2, 1959, in Bedford, he was the son of Charles and Karen Josephine (Tuddy) Turner, Sr.
He worked in the Kentucky coal mines in his earlier years and traveled laying asphalt before starting his own business, C&R Flooring, until becoming unable to work due to his illness. He loved NASCAR, basketball, football.
When traveling, he was sure to tell anyone he met about what the Lord had done for him. He was a true miracle. He survived a coal mining accident. He was shot five times in the chest with a high powered rifle, and walked out of the University of Kentucky Hospital in only eight days with a plastic windpipe. He survived two strokes, kidney failure, and four heart attacks before being called home. He had been a dialysis patient for nearly one year.
Surviving: daughters,
Dorothy Lewis, Manchester, Kentucky
Shirley Turner, Manchester, Kentucky
Charlene Dezarn, Manchester, Kentucky
son,
Charles Jeremiah Turner, Mitchell
stepson,
Randall, Gerkin, Oolitic
mother,
Karen Turner, Mitchell
companion,
Debra Eads, Bedford
sisters,
Carolyn Robinson, Bedford
Lisa Taylor, Mitchell
brother,
Mike Turner, Bedford
grandchildren,
Jesse Saylor, Joshua and Devon Henson, Antion and Kareena Walker, and Cody Dezarn, and Reardon Gerkin
brothers-in-law,
David Robinson and Doug Taylor
several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends
His grandparents, Dewey and Ollie Turner, and John and Mildred Tuddy; father, Charles Turner, Sr., daughter, Karen Marie Henson; five uncles and four aunts preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 5, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home with Pastor John Turpin and Bro. Tony Earl officiating. Burial will be in Lawrenceport Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday and from 11:00 a.m. until the service on Wednesday at the funeral home.