Charlsie Mae Grider Turner, 93, of Jasper, TN, went to sleep and woke up in the arms of Jesus on Friday, December 12, 2014.


Charlsie, a beloved wife, mother and friend is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie Eli and Emily Ethel Rorex Grider. She was an 82 year member of Jasper First Baptist Church and worked for over 20 years as a clerk for the Home Store and M&J Supermarket. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary in Jasper and Jasper Memorial VFW Post #6362. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, William Fred Grider, Lester Prince Grider and Estil Grider and sisters, Ora Lee Grider and Ruby Ethel Grider.


She was dearly loved by her husband of 71 years, Melvin Turner, Sr.; children, Romona Weissenberg, Gwendolyn (Charles) Brooks and Melvin (Rebecca) Turner, Jr.; grandchildren, William (Ivonne) Lambert, Jr., Karen Lambert, Tim (Cindy) Brooks, Stephen Brooks, Sandra (Eric) Turner, and Jeremy (Candy) Turner; eleven great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; and brother, Roy Grider.


Funeral services will be conducted from Jasper First Baptist Church at 1 pm Central time on Monday, December 15, 2014 with Rev. Buddy Strickland officiating. Interment will follow at Sequatchie Valley Memorial Gardens.


The family will receive friends for visitation on Sunday, December 14, 2014 from 3 - 5 pm Central time at Rogers Funeral Home in Jasper, TN.


The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society, 6221 Shallowford Rd #102, Chattanooga, TN 37421-1972 (www.cancer.org), the Marion County Food Bank, PO Box 681, Sequatchie, TN 37374, or to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607 (www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org).