AMERICUS — Mrs. Elizabeth Turner Turpin passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, at First United Methodist Church with a visitation from 1-2 p.m. at the church. Dr. Jerry Roe officiated. Entombment was private.

Members of the Epworth Sunday School Class served as honorary pallbearers.

A native of Americus, she was born on Feb. 26, 1925, a daughter of the late H.C. and Tonie Turner. She was retired from the Bank of Commerce.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Epworth Sunday School Class.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James William “Bill” Turpin; and by her brothers, H.C. Turner Jr. and Lee Jack Turner.

Survivors include her sisters, Lela B. Wilson and Faye Knight, both of Americus; nieces, Kim Mountjoy and Nally Mountjoy, Kerri Untch and Kristen Perry Gordon; nephew Ty Turner and nieces Hallie Turner and Anna Lane Turner; niece Jill Williams and her children Josh, Kate and Madison Williams; sister-in-law Stella Bridges (Louis); and her devoted caregivers: Teresa Durham, Brenda Roberts, Gwen Bryant, and Patricia Green.

For those wishing to do so, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com

Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Mrs. Elizabeth Turner Turpin.