Reverend Oscar Turner
Lyon- DeWitt Funeral Home
503 East Main Street
Campbellsville, Ky 42718
270-465-4141 Phone
270-789-4424 Fax
Larry R. DeWitt (Owner)
Phillip DeSpain (Director)
Rev. Dr. Oscar Milburn Turner, age 81, died Monday, November 11, 2013 at V.A. Medical Center in Louisville, KY.
Oscar Milburn Turner was the son of the late Owen Milburn and Mary B Calhoun Turner, born to them July 7, 1932, one of fourteen children. He was preceded in death by two brothers Owen William Turner and Paul Thomas Turner and four sisters; Bernice Richardson, Mary Simpson, Rosie Gaddie and Debra Turner.
Rev. Turner was an ordained minister for 40 plus years and received his doctrine under the Full Gospel Association Pastor Rev. Paul Martin. He was a member of Pleasant Union Baptist Church at an early age, he served 8 years in the US Air Force, and he was a policeman, a mason and a heavy equipment engineer for the state of Indiana. Rev. Turner pastor many churches in Indianapolis and Florida.
He was survived by his wife Dianna Jones Turner of Campbellsville, two sons; Oscar Ray Vaughn of Campbellsville and Ricky M (Adtia) Turner of Indiana, one daughter; Harriet Briggs of Indianapolis, seven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren, step-mother; Annie Mae Turner of Campbellsville, three brothers; Ronnie Turner of Campbellsville, Tommie Turner of Louisville and Rodrick Turner of North Carolina, six sisters; Vernetta Hendrickson, Betty Jean Graves, Carrie Grady all of Campbellsville, Wanda Cooper, Patricia Johnson and Virginia Brown all of Louisville, one step sister; Zannie Anderson of Campbellsville along with a host of family and friends.
Services for Rev. Oscar Milburn Turner were conducted 1 PM Monday at Pleasant Union Baptist Church with burial in the Pleasant Union Cemetery.
Officiating: Rev. James Washington III and Pastor Michael Caldwell
Pallbearers: Michael Green, Floyd Briggs, Oscar Ray Vaughn, Ron Turner, Randall Graves, Ricky Cecil and Stephen Grady
