- Date Of Birth: May 10, 1921
- Date Of Death: August 24, 2012
- State: New Mexico
LA TURNER, JUANITA NITA GRACEJuanita Nita Grace LaTurner, 91, longtime resident of Roswell, died on August 24, 2012, in New Braunfels, Texas.
Born on May 10, 1921, to Sallie Mae Rainwater and Charles Weldon Hickman in Quinton, Oklahoma, Nita graduated from Central High School in Tulsa and completed a secretarial course at a local business school. On October 28, 1939, she married Lewis Fred LaTurner, her steadfast partner for nearly 58 years of marriage until his death in 1997.
In 1952, Nita and Fred moved to Roswell, where they raised their five children.
