Thelma Turner

Thelma L. Turner, 82 of Mt. Vernon, went to her eternal home on Thursday morning, January 20, 2011 at the Mt. Vernon Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born on May 28, 1928 in Mt. Vernon, the daughter of Herman and Pearl (Phillips) Brakie. In 1946 she married Leslie R. Barnes the father of her children, she later married William Turner in 1995; they both preceded her in death.


Mrs. Turner retired from Civitas Bank where she was an Executive Assistant in the Loan Dept. She had also worked at Roths Dept. Store, the Western Star and Gentils Restaurant. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, where she served on the Board, and as a Sunday School Teacher and Youth Advisor. She also attended the Church of God Mission with her husband William. She had been a member of the BPW. She also enjoyed traveling and bowling.


She was preceded in death by her daughter, Connie Kaye Gibbs and two brothers, Eugene and Kenneth Brakie.


She is survived by one son, James E. Barnes of Evansville; one daughter, Regina Gray of Mt. Vernon; a son-in-law and his wife, Robert and Bonnie Gibbs of Evansville; three sisters, Nellie Cole of New Harmony, Irene and Lorene Brakie of Mt. Vernon; six grandchildren, Robert and Darrell Mattingly, David and Jeff Barnes, and Matthew and John Gibbs; two step-grandchildren, Beth Ann Conner and Ronnie Vanover; seventeen great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.


Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home at 1330 E. 4th St., Mt. Vernon. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, January 21, 2011 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bellefontaine Cemetery. On-line condolences may be left at www.austinfuneralhome.com