Obituary

Turner, Thomas Neff

Services for Thomas Neff Turner, 97, of Abernathy will be at 10:00 am Saturday in the Abernathy First Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Wilcox, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home of Abernathy.

He died on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000, in Lubbock's Covenant Medical Center.

He was born on March 11, 1903, in Rising Star. He married Mildred "Mickey" Robison on August 21, 1928, in County Line. He was a lifelong Abernathy resident. He was a carpenter and in later years was the manager of Consumers Fuel Association in Abernathy. He was a member of the Abernathy First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Geneva, in 1935.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Reba Buske of Friona, Silverine Hughes of Eagles Nest, N.M., and Pat Evans of Abernathy; a brother, Bill of Friona; a sister, Fan Bruce of Abernathy; eight grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.