- Date Of Birth: September 27, 2014
- Date Of Death: November 20, 2014
- State: West Virginia
Jean (Atkinson) Turner, age 82 of Salem, WV passed away on November 20, 2014 at her home following a brief illness. She was born on September 27, 1932 in Bluefield, WV, the daughter of the late Charles H. Atkinson and Blanche (Robinson) Atkinson.
She has been a resident of the Lake Floyd community since 1956 and she has been married for 57 years to the late Ronald Wade Turner.
She is survived by four children, Janette (Turner) Sparks & her husband, James R. of Shepherdstown, WV, Steven R. Turner & his wife, Marsha of Lake Floyd, Robin (Turner) Grimshaw & her husband, Mathew of Ashburn, VA and Katherine A Turner of Louisville, CO.; 8 grandchildren, Tyler S. Turner of Clarksburg, WV, Abigail (Sparks) McNevin & her husband, Anthony of Chicago, IL, Patricia G. Sparks of Bridgeville, PA, 1st Lt. Kathryn (Turner) Wagner & her husband, Josh of Travis Air Force Base, CA, Emma L. Turner of Pittsburg, Pa, Reece Turner Grimshaw and Andrew Scott Grimshaw of Ashburn, VA, and Camisee Turner Cline of Louisville, Co.; a brother, James H Atkinson & his wife, Kay of Bridgeport, WV; a sister-in-law, Reta (Turner) Blackhurst of Hendersonville, NC; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Joan (Atkinson) Jesina.
Jean graduated in 1950 from Washington Irving High School and from West Virginia University in 1954 with a B.A. in education. While attending WVU; she was a member of the Phi Beta Pi Sorority. Following the University Jean taught elementary school at Wilsonburg Elementary until she became a homemaker in 1957.
She was a member of Lake Floyd Women’s Club, Goff Plaza Garden Club, Salem United Methodist Church and an honorary member of the Clarksburg Rotary Club.
