Winifred Edis Turner

SERVICES: Memorial services will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Kentucky Street Church of Christ with Brian Loughmiller, officiating. Inurnment will follow at Alanreed Cemetery. Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Turner was born February 1, 1925 in Melrose Park, Illinois. She moved to California at an early age to help her sister raise her family during World War II. Winifred married Billy Andrew Turner on May 9, 1945 in Manhattan Beach, California. He preceded her in death on February 24, 2001. She moved to McLean in 1948 and then to Pampa in the early 1950's. She was baptized in Lefors on April 1, 1950. She helped Bill run a Sinclair Gas Station, and owned and operated The Pet Shop in Pampa. She was an avid artist where she painted the bi-centennial mural at Meaker Appliance, and the mural at the White Deer Land Museum as well as signs at the Pampa Optimist Club. Winifred raised canaries as well as many other pets. She was a longtime member of Kentucky Street Church of Christ and was currently attending Somerville Church of Christ. Her hobbies included trail riding, quilting, ceramics, oil painting and gardening. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and she loved spending time with her family. SURVIVORS: 3 sons: Billy A. Turner, Jr. and wife Barbara of Pampa, Dexter A. Turner and wife Cindy of Plano and Neil Turner and wife Usha of Rockwall; 4 daughters: Jennifer Tomlinson and husband Dan of Crowley, Loretta Turner of Pampa, Nelda Webb of Bridgeport, and Christina McCown and husband Robert of White Deer; 15 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren; a niece: Barbara Jean Barela of Warrenton, Oregon; 2 brothers-in-law: Joe Turner and Vernon Turner, both of Amarillo; and a sister-in-law: Auna Barnes of Fort Worth. She was preceded in death by her parents: Charles Holland Edis and Hannah Miriam Noyce Edis; a sister: Miriam "Sis" Heller; a brother: John Edis; a granddaughter: Colby Katherine Finn Turner; and son-in-law: Billy Webb. MEMORIALS: PAWS, P.O. Box 2095, Pampa, Texas 79066-2095, or BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, Texas 79105.