Funeral for Opal Lee Strickland Turner, 85, from Moulton will be Friday, September 12, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Elliott Funeral Home, with Bro. R. C. Borden officiating. Burial will be at Cheatham Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 9:00 to 11:00 AM. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Turner, who died Tuesday, September 9, 2014 was born on November 5, 1928 in Lawrence county to Julian and Ester Strickland.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Bartley Gailey and Jake Turner; one son, E. Wesley Turner, six brothers, Lelton, James B., Kaydon, Bill, Roy and Coy Strickland and one sister, Mary Alice Minor and her parents, Julian and Ester Strickland.
Survivors include five daughters, Anne Grigsby (Edward) of Trinity, Marie Turner of Double Springs, Penny Dykes (Terry) of Trenton GA., Mollie Kirsopp (Frank) of New Hope, Tommie Pierce (Basil) of Moulton; one son, Billy Turner (Bonni) of Land O'Lakes, FL; twenty two grandchildren, Many loved great-grandchildren and great great grandchildren; brother, Randy P. Strickland (Artie) of Trinity.
Pallbearers will be Dylan Pierce, Frank Kirsopp IV, Jake Turner, Matthew Turner, Ernest Johnson, Joseph Roach, Keith Parsons and Darrick Swopes.