Obituary of Isadore Russell Turner

Isadore Russell “Rusty” Turner, 45, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Peggy Geddings Turner and the late Isadore Turner. Mr. Turner was a retired security guard with the Sumter-Lee Correctional Institute. Surviving are his mother of Pinewood; a sister, Aletha “Lisa” Avins (Dondi) of Sumter; a nephew, Dondi Avins, Jr. of Sumter and his beloved dog, Cee Jay. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Turner and the Rev. Larry Fraser officiating. Burial will be in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. Friday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 4585 Bethel Church Road, Pinewood. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 107 Westpark Blvd. #220, Columbia, SC 29210. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.