Evelyn Wall Turner

Graveside Services, for a Celebration of 100 years of life for Evelyn Wall Turner, of Ferriday, formerly of West Monroe, will be held at Greenlawn Memorial Park on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 10:00am with Father Riley officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of Young's Funeral Home-Ferriday. Evelyn was born on February 19, 1917 in Monroe, and passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Madison Parish Hospital in Tallulah. Evelyn was an active charter member of Grace Episcopal Church in Waterproof, LA, where she taught Sunday school, and was also a member of the PTA. She was a homemaker and helped run the family farm. She enjoyed horseback riding, traveling, and was an avid marksman. She was an “Expert Gameshow Viewer”, who had a love for trivia. Even at the age of 100, she could solve the puzzle on Wheel of Fortune, before the contestants. She served as maid on the homecoming court and was also a beauty at Louisiana Tech University. Evelyn enjoyed spending time with her family, entertaining friends, and playing Bridge with her Bridge Girls at Panola Woods Country Club. She was preceded in death by her parents; Charles Gray Wall and Rose Fields Gonzales Wall; her husband, Harry Arch Turner, Jr.; one son, Harry “Sonny” Arch Turner, III; one brother, C.G. Wall, Jr.; and two sisters, Joycelyn Wall Garrett and Laura Bell Wall Alexander. She is survived by one daughter, Charlaine Yerger of Tallulah; one son, Charles Edward “Bo” Turner and wife Melody of Chattanooga, TN; one daughter-in-law, Jane Rogers Turner of Ferriday; one son-in-law, William Yerger, Jr. of Vicksburg, MS; six grandchildren, Blakely Arch Turner and wife Elizabeth of Natchez, Jill Turner Clark and husband Roger of Rogers, AR, Nina Charlaine Yerger of Tallulah, Jason Arch Yerger and wife Robyn of Vicksburg, J.T. Turner and Rachel Turner, both of Chattanooga; six great grandchildren, Megan Elizabeth King, Brittany Ann Rogel, Brooks Elizabeth Turner, Jackson McGehee, Jay Schaaf, and Arch Turner Yerger; three great-great grandchildren, Camp, Collins, and Kaylee; two sisters, Rose Marie Wall Kern and Annie Mae Wall Rhodes; close family friend and companion, Victoria Taylor of Smiths, AL; and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Natchez Children’s Home Services, 806 N. Union, Natchez, MS 39120.

Evelyn Wall Turner

February 19, 1917 - October 18, 2017