Gene Elwyn Turner

July 5, 1943 - May 1, 2022

Graveside services for Gene Elwyn Turner, 78, of Gilmer, Tx are scheduled for 11:00 am, Saturday, May 7, 2022, at New Hope Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Friday, at McWhorter Funeral Home. Gene was born July 5, 1943, to Washington and Mardie Irene Turner in Upshur, County, Texas and passed from this life May 1, 2022, in Longview, Texas. Gene graduated from Valley View Highschool and attended Prairie View A&M College. Mr. Turner proudly served our country in the United States Army. He was a manager for TRW Inc. for over 35 years in Saint Louis, Missouri and helped to start the AutoZone in Gilmer before his retirement. Gene married Deavrah Chandler, June 24, 2000, and they have made their home in Gilmer for the past 20 years. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Deavrah Turner; children, Lisa Marie Turner, Tracy Darrel Smith, Lolita Marie Allen, David Milston Gaines, LaDonna Marie Gaines, and Donnett Anderson; brother, Eddie Turner (Elberta)of Gilmer; sisters, Mosie Lee Watson of Dallas, TX, Almeta B. White of Tacoma, WA, and Dearlyn Turner (Carl) of Dallas, TX; special friends, Luther and Takeitha Freeman of Longview, TX and Willie and Connie Davis of St. Louis, MO. He is preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Calvin Turner, and W. T. Turner. Please visit Gene’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.