A funeral service for Mrs. Carolyn L. Turner will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Downs Funeral Home. Interment will be at Hunter Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2021 at Downs Funeral Home.

Carolyn Lavern Turner, 75 of Marshall, Texas was born on March 11, 1945 to her parents, Willie B. and Margaret L. McCoy. Mrs. Turner passed away on February 3, 2021. She was a member of Greater Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Turner met and married the love of her life, Victor Randolph Turner who preceded her in death. She graduated from H B Pemberton High School. Mrs. Turner retired from Thikol in 1995 after which she became a caregiver at various Group Homes caring for clients with special needs which was a long-time passion of hers. Some of the things she enjoyed was working in her flower beds, cooking, spending time with her loved ones, and keeping her grandchildren.

Mrs. Turner is survived by her children, Sheila Turner and Reginald (Regina) Turner both of Marshall, TX; seven sisters, Ruth Doris Bryant, Willie M. Webb, Bobbie Jean (Theodore) Wilks, Joyce (Calvin) Williams, Regina (Joe) Ford, Annetta "Pam" McCoy, and Angela (Willie) Gilmore; three brothers, Lindell "Tom" McCoy, Aldolphus "BoPeep" McCoy, and Willie B. "Bear", McCoy, II; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Mrs. Turner is preceded in death by her mother, Margaret L. McCoy; father, Willie B. McCoy I; daughter, Olga Patrice Turner; sister, Virginia McCoy Johnson; brother, James Earl McCoy.