Carl Edwin Turner

April 16, 1943 - January 3, 2021

Carl Edwin Turner, 77, passed away peacefully in Bryan, TX on Sunday, January 3, 2021. Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 6, from 5 to 7 pm at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held Thursday, January 7, at 10 am in the Caldwell Masonic Cemetery. Bro Rick Mitchell will officiate over services. Carl Edwin Turner was born in Lake Providence, LA on April 16, 1943 to parents Clifton Roy Turner and wife Marie Francis (Schrock) Turner. He was the third child born to his parents of eight siblings. Carl was a high school graduate and attended college. Carl was a Baptist preacher in 1969 at Tower Baptist and the preacher for the Henderson Heights Baptist Church in 1971. He even performed a ceremony in their backyard for his wife’s cousin. Working pipeline jobs, he moved to Bryan, Texas but later moved to Caldwell, Texas where he met the love of his life Violet Weber Turner. An ever-faithful husband he took care of her until her death in 2015. He worked for many ears for Clajon Companies doing pipeline work. Carl could work on any type of motor and was very prolific at fixing just about anything. In later years, he opened his own shop, Westside Garage and while he could work on any type of vehicle, he could work magic in the oil field working on pump motors. He enjoyed the outdoors and in earlier years loved to be on his boat fishing. Carl enjoyed spending time with his kids and especially his grandchildren. Carl was an excellent cook and enjoyed barbecuing for his family. His great pride was his grandchildren. He could tell a great story and loved to joke around. Carl was preceded in death by his wife, Violet Ann (Weber) Turner; both of his parents, Clifton Roy Turner, Sr. and Marie Francis (Schrock) Turner; and an infant brother, Clifton Roy Turner, Jr. Sister-in-law, Carolyn Turner. Survivors include his children, Michael Edwin Turner and wife Corina, and Tavia Lynn Sears and husband Darrell “Adam”; grandchildren, Stephanie Nicole Turner, Ashley Marie Turner, Lindsey Ann Turner, Joseph Michael Melendez, and Jenna Marie Melendez; brothers, John Robert “Rob” Turner and wife Sue, Jimmy David Turner, and Roger Allen Turner and wife Debbie; sisters, Roma Charlene Pearce and husband Verle, Brenda Gail Smith and husband, Charles and Cynthia Kaye Hollis and husband Derrell; numerous nieces and nephews.