Ethel Stone Vaughn Turner, 99, of Fitzgerald, died Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Fitzgerald Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Monday, May 17, 2010, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. LLoyd Stembridge officiating. Interment will follow in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Ben Hill County. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Sunday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Turner was born June 17, 1910 in Ben Hill County, Georgia to the late William Jackson and Nancy Carroll Stone. She was the former manager of News’ Dress Shop in Orlando, FL. Mrs. Turner moved back to Fitzgerald in 1996 and was former employee of Custom Sportswear. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church.
Mrs. Turner is survived by her sisters, Mavis Jackson of Fitzgerald and Inez Knight of Athens; also several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands Mack Vaughn and Marvin Turner, five brothers, Delos Stone, David Stone, Grady Stone, Max L. Stone & Morris D. Stone and four sisters, Elma Stone, Vera S. DeShazo, Jewel S. Sigler & Jacqueline S. Voelker.