John Wesley Turner Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

CASTLEWOOD, VIRGINIA – John Wesley Turner, 82, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at his home. He was born in Castlewood, Virginia; son of the late Abner and Maggie Mae Hale Turner. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Hughes Turner; one sister, Earnestine Skeens; one brother, Gilbert Turner; two half-brothers; and four half-sisters. Wes was a Veteran of the United States Army. He also was a retired coal miner and member of the U.M.W.A. He loved to hunt and fish and raise his garden. He is survived by his two sisters, Tince Skeens and husband, Paul of Castlewood, Virginia and Frances Smith of Pikeville, Kentucky; one brother, Wilburn Carlos Turner of Castlewood, Virginia; special nephew, whom he called his brother, Arlen Turner and wife, Sharon of Castlewood, Virginia; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral Services for John Wesley Turner will be conducted at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Castlewood Funeral Home Chapel, Castlewood, Virginia with Pastor Travis Price officiating. Committal Services and Interment will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 5, 2022, at Turner Family Cemetery, Castlewood, Virginia. Family and friends will meet at the cemetery at 10:45 a.m., Friday. Military Rites will be conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, and the Virginia National Guard. Pallbearers will be Hunter Holbrook, Tony Dingus, Jim Smith, Charlie Osborne, Levi Salyer, and Patrick Turner. Honorary Pallbearers will be Ray Dingus, Joe Holbrook, Gene Sexson, Robert Lambert, and Wayne Duncan. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Castlewood Funeral Home, Castlewood, Virginia. The family would like to give special thanks to the doctors and nurses at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia and Hospice and Palliative Care of Virginia in Norton, Virginia for their care of their loved one. Online condolences may be sent to the Turner family through our website and a video tribute may be viewed at www.castlewoodfuneralhome.com. The funeral service will be available for viewing on our website, following the service. Castlewood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

John Wesley Turner

August 13, 1939 - August 2, 2022