Ronald Eugene "Ronnie" "Possum" Turner^{[1, 2]}

1965 - 2010  (45 years)

• Name	Ronald Eugene "Ronnie" "Possum" Turner
  Born	8 Apr 1965
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Sep 2010	Takoma Regional Hospital, Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I184263	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Troy Turner,   b. 19 Mar 1925,   d. 24 May 2011, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Barnes,   d. Bef 24 May 2011
  Family ID	F97830	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lorene Atkens
  Children	1. Jesse Turner   2. Cassie Turner
  Family ID	F69752	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 12. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 24 Mar 1999. Jimmy M. Dennis obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 21 Sep 2010. Ronald "Possum" Turner, 45, of Marvin Road, Bulls Gap, "passed away unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack" Saturday, September 18, 2010, at Takoma Regional Hospital. He was an electrician with C&C Millwright where he had been employed for 27 years. Survivors include his wife: Lorene Turner; one son: Jesse Turner of the home; a daughter: Cassie Turner, also of the home; a very special grandson whom he loved dearly: Christian Turner; his father: Troy Turner of Cosby; three brothers and a sister-in-law: Steve Turner of Newport, Ricky and Barbara Turner of Cosby, and Terry Turner of Greeneville; two sisters and brothers-in-law: Sherry and Rick Murray of Newport, Anita Faye and Roy Jones of Durham, NC; mother-in-law: Louzella Atkins of Newport; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 21, 2010 , at Kiser Rose Hill Chapel. Pastor Rick Becker will officiate. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Kiser Rose Hill Funeral Home. Following the funeral service, at Mr. Turner's request, the body will be cremated.