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Jodie Underwood Turner, 91
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Funeral services for Jodie Underwood Turner, 91, of Smithville, were held Jan. 8 at the chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bro. Royce Martin officiated with burial following in Whorton Springs Cemetery.   
Mrs. Turner passed away Jan. 6 at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a homemaker and the oldest living member of Bethel Methodist Church. She and her husband James were married in 1938 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1988.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Robert and Minnie Lee Hibdon Underwood; husband, James Floyd Turner; a grandchild, James Glenn Hicks III “Trey”; brothers, Grady, Houston, Charles, Toy, Homer and Jackson Underwood; and five sisters, Cora Hall, Georgia Hildreth, Elsie Certain, Mabel Eubanks and Rachel Young.
Survivors include her daughter, Evon and Jim Hicks of Cookeville; a son, Hugh Riley and Bennie Turner of Smithville; three grandchildren, Lee Turner and Katherine Hicks of San Francisco, Meredith and Jerry Cantrell of McMinnville and Jim Bob and Conethia Turner of Smithville; three great-grandchildren, Treyton Cantrell of Smithville and Colton and Aizley Turner of Smithville.
Pallbearers included Joe, Bill and Jack Underwood, Lee Hicks, Frank Hildreth, Larry Cripps, Jim Bob Turner and Jerry Certain.
Serving as honorary pallbearers were her Sunday School class at Bethel Methodist Church.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Smithville, was in charge of the arrangements.
SMITHVILLE REVIEW
Smithville, TN
January 11, 2012
www.lovecantrellfuneralhome.com