Mary Catherine Turner Obituary (1937 - 2012)

\ Mrs. Mary Catherine Turner, 74, of Madisonville, KY, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the Auburn Health Care Nursing Home in Auburn, KY. \ \ She was born December 7, 1937 in Franklin, KY to the late John Thomas Rutherford and Mary Sue McCarley Rutherford. \ \ Mrs. Turner was a member of the White Plains Church of Christ and the Pioneers. She retired from BellSouth in 1996. Her grandchildren were her life. \ \ She is survived by one daughter, Jennifer Turner Lail of Madisonville; one son, Thomas Edward Turner of Franklin; her former husband, John Lewis Turner of Madisonville; two sisters, Jane Gautier and Carol Black both of Franklin; one brother, Ronnie Rutherford of Russellville, KY; and four grandchildren, Kelsie Marie Turner, Trevor Turner Lail, Lincoln Andrew Lail and Lance Barrett Lail. \ \ Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Barnett-Strother Funeral Home with Bro. George Wunderlich officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Madisonville. \ \ Friends may call from 11:00 A.M. Saturday until the service time at the funeral Home. \ \ Pallbearers will be Thomas Turner, William Simmons, Brian Lial, Trevor Lail, Ronnie Rutherford and Ronald Black. \ \ Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimers Association. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. \ \