Cecil "Bill" Turner

Cecil Rex (Bill) Turner went to be with his Lord, whom he dearly loved, on January 27, 2015. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 30, 2015 at Bartlesville First Church with Reverend Tari Carbaugh and Reverend Marshall Wattman-Turner officiating. Interment will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the Tyrone Cemetery in Tyrone, OK. Arrangements are under the direction of Walker-Brown Funeral Home. Bill was born on November 25, 1922 in Briscoe County, TX near the south rim of Palo Duro Canyon and was the eleventh child of Thomas Hunter and Mary Elizabeth (Fort) Turner. Bill graduated from high school at Smyer, TX in 1941 and worked on his parent's farm until he was drafted into the army in February 1943. As an army officer, Bill led a contingent of 200 soldiers from Camp Shanks, NY to France, to serve as replacements during what became known as the “Battle of the Bulge”, where he was later awarded the bronze star. Dorothy May (Dot) Cherry, graduated from nurses training in August of 1947 and while Bill was a senior engineering student at Texas Tech, Dot and Bill were married at Tyrone, OK on September 7, 1947. Bill’s service activities included membership on a public school board, Sunday School superintendent, chairman of the finance committee or chairman of the board while three new churches were being built, chairman of a YMCA building project; member of a boy scout council; president of a senior center and service on a community economic development board. Bill was a member of FUMC, where he took turns teaching an adult Sunday School class and a member of the 55-Plus Activity Center, which involved playing bridge twice a week. He is survived by Dot, his wife, partner and soul mate, two daughters and their husbands, Cheri and Chuck Burch of NM, Vicki and Howard Warren of TN, one son Greg of KS. He was blessed with six grandsons and two granddaughters, eleven great-grandchildren, one brother and his wife, Verdell and Beverly Turner of TX, one sister-in-law, Margaret Turner of OR and a host of nieces and nephews, all of whom he dearly loved. Three sons, one grandson, one granddaughter, his parents and five sisters and six brothers preceded him in death.

Cecil "Bill" Turner

November 25, 1922 - January 27, 2015