Larry Clay Turner Sr.'s Obituary
Memorial Service – 11:00 AM
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Lasting Tributes Funeral Home
814 Bestgate Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
Chief Apostle Wilbert L. Baltimore, PH.D.
Assistant Pastor Anthony Burch
Holy Temple Cathedral
135 Stephney Lane
Edgewater, MD 21037
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
By Edward Mote
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name
CHORUS
On Christ the solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand
When darkness hides His lovely face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil
His oath. His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood
When all around my soul gives way
He then is all my hope and stay
When He shall come with trumpet sound
Oh may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless to stand before the throne
~ Order of Service ~
Rev. Doris Booze-Johnson, Presiding
Processional Family
Open Hymn "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less”
Invocation Rev. Heddy Drummond
Ebenezer AME Church, Galesville, MD
Scripture Reading Old Testament (Psalms 23) Pastor Walter Smith
Trinity UMC Church, Annapolis, MD
New Testament (John 14:1-4) …………………………. Pastor Walter Smith
Selection Sis. Betty Turner
Words of Comfort and Acknowledgements Sis. Jonese Downs
Life Reflections Read Silently
Eulogy Pastor Anthony Burch
Holy Temple Cathedral, Edgewater, MD
Benediction
Recessional
~ Life Reflections ~
Larry Clay Turner, Sr., affectionately known as “Butch”, was the first-born child of Bessie and the late Harold C. Turner, Sr. He was born on September 23, 1950. On February 8, 2022, he made the transition to be with his Heavenly Father.
Butch received his education in the Anne Arundel County School System. He was employed with the Maryland Transportation Authority until his Illness.
Butch was a man of many talents. He loved grilling and gardening. He was known to keep an immaculate yard. Instead of calling a contractor, landscaper, or mechanic, Butch would find creative ways to fix it himself. Anyone who had the pleasure of knowing Butch, knew he had a passion for working on automobiles. He would buy used vehicles and rebuild them to his own specifications.
Butch met the love of his life Elaina Butler and proposed to her declaring “Lets grow old together” and they were joined in holy matrimony on January 1, 1995. They built a foundation and had been making memories ever since. This union was unbreakable as they were never far from each other’s side. Butch loved when he and Elaina would travel cross country to various county fairs and parks. He enjoyed the trips to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to visit his daughter and grandchildren. If his daughter had a problem with her car, Butch was known to jump in his truck and drive to South Carolina to fix it. He wanted to make sure she was safe on the road.
Butch made it a point to be a great son and take care of his mom. He always made sure her grass was cut and her vehicles were in good working condition. He would go the extra mile in supplying her wood in preparation for the winter months.
Butch was preceded in death by his father Harold C. Turner, Sr.; brothers Charles and Stanley Turner, Sr., and sisters Beverly Burton, Evelyn “Gurdy” Gulley and Peggy Turner
Butch leaves to cherish his memories, devoted wife Elaina; son Larry “Boddie” Turner, Jr.; daughter Donnika Turner-Cook (David) ; grandchildren; Jaterra Gray, Jadah Spady, De’Wayne Spady, Jr., and Justice Spady; great grandson Temerous Gadsden; mother Bessie Turner; sisters Patricia Hall, Loretta Wells, Theresa Turner, Wyvette Galloway, brothers Harold C. Turner, Jr. (Pam), Charles Thomas (Barbara) and Harold A. Turner; aunts Hazel Davis, Betty Turner, Isabelle Washington (Clarence) and Rosetta Brown; uncles Chester (Patricia) and William Turner; sisters-in-law Victoria Fuller, Rosie Lee Graves, Roberta Poole and Kimberly Brown-Cooper; brothers-in-law Charles and Eric Butler; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
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