David L.Turner, Sr.

David L. Turner

Lifelong Quinlan area resident, David Lyle Turner, 87, loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on Thursday, September 29; in Hunt Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness.  Funeral services will be held at 2pm, Monday, October 3, in the Coker-Mathews funeral chapel in Greenville, with the Rev. David Hammond and grandson Jason Turner officiating.   Visitation will be at Coker-Mathews on Sunday, October 2, from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Following the memorial service, he will be laid to rest with full military honors at the Quinlan I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Services are under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home, Greenville.

David was was born February 8, 1924, in Quinlan to John Thomas Turner and Dorothy Lyle Turner.    He attended Quinlan schools and graduated from Quinlan High School in 1941.  As part of the the Greatest Generation, he answered the call to duty and joined the U.S Marine Corps in 1943 and saw service in the Pacific theater.  He was assigned to the 3^rd Marine Division, 12^th regiment gallantly faced combat in the campaigns for the islands of Guam and Iwo Jima.  Upon returning from the war, he married Meriam Inez Cannon in Greenville, on March 7, 1946.  They were married for 63 years until her passing in 2009.  David worked for the department of agriculture for nine years in Hunt County and retired from the Texas Highway Department in 1987 after 22 years of service.  He served on the Quinlan School board for many years and had been active in the Quinlan Lions Club, and the Lake Tawakoni Association.  He achieved Life Scout rank in the Boy Scouts of America, and served later as a scout master for troop 361.  He was of the Baptist faith and a member of the Crosspoint Church of Quinlan.  He was an avid fisherman and gardener and was an accomplished artist.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Inez in 2009, brother John Tolbert in 2000, his mother in 1990, and his father in 1969.

He is survived by his three sons, David Lyle Jr. of Pasadena, Texas,  A. Kent Turner and wife, Dianna, of Quinlan, and Bruce L. Turner and wife, Sandy, of Irving, Texas; seven grandchildren, David Alan Turner of Garland, Jason Turner and wife Shannon of Conway, Arkansas, Kristen and husband David Ayres, of Abilene, Texas, Amber Nicole and husband Stewart Smith of Arlington, Texas,  Aaron Reilly and wife  Amy of Cedar Park, Texas, Nathan Reilly and wife Liza of Leander, Texas and Shannon Wilhite and husband Kyle of Denton, Texas;  and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Charlie Thompson, Larry Green, Ralph Smith, Stormy Shepherd, Butch Turner, and Brandon Hughes.  Honorary pall bearers are Amy Hammond, Fred T. Calloway, and James Huffman.