Memorial Service
October 14, 2011
11:00 A.M.
Location: Saint James' Parish [Map]
Interment
Location: St. James' Parish Cemetery [Map]
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Gary Stephen Turner, 63, of Shady Side, MD passed away October 3, 2011 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD after a brief illness. Gary was born December 18, 1947 in Annapolis to Doris (Leitch) and Melvin W. Turner, Sr. He was raised in Fairhaven, MD, attended Tracey’s Elementary and graduated in 1965 from Southern High School in Lothian, MD where he excelled in football as quarterback and co-captain and in basketball as a guard and team captain. Gary was employed as a union sprinkler fitter and member of Sprinkler Fitters Local 669. In his leisure time Gary was an avid fan of the Baltimore Ravens and NASCAR.
Gary was preceded in death by his beloved wife Donna Lee Smeltzer, his parents Doris and Melvin Turner, Sr., and by a brother Melvin W. Turner, Jr. He is survived by his beloved sons Steven Gary Turner and Donald Carl Turner, both of Deale, MD; a sister Nancy T. Skillman of Dunkirk, MD; and brothers David C. Turner and wife Jeanne of Deale, Paul L. Turner and wife Debra of St. Leonard, MD, and Stuart R. Turner and wife Jill of Tampa, FL. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Memorial Contributions
Expressions of sympathy in Gary’s name may be made to St. James’ Parish, 5757 Solomons Island Road, Lothian, MD 20711.
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