Mrs. Turner Staten Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Jean Turner Staten, 78, passed away, on Monday, July 29, 2013 at BMH Golden Triangle Medical Center, in Columbus. Mrs. Staten was born August 15, 1934 in Fordyce, Arkansas to the late Ila Gladys Dokey and Ira Collin Turner. She was a Shoe Saleslady for Ruth's Department Store in Columbus and was a member of Evangel Assembly of God-Columbus. She moved to the Golden Triangle Area in 1966 from Greenville. She was member the Columbus Chapter of the Red Hat Society. Ila Jean Turner Staten married Calvin Wesley Staten, Jr. on November 5, 1950 in Glen Allen, he preceded her in death May 18, 2003. Funeral services will be Sunday, August 4, 2013, 3:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Delgado officiating. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include one daughter, Sharon Staten Brashear of Suffolk, VA; one son, Joey Staten (Melissa) of Columbus; five grandchildren; five great grandchildren; one sister, Alma Ruth Douglas Johnson of Vilonia, AR. Preceding her in death were her son Calvin Wesley Staten, III, and grandson, Calvin Wesley Staten, IV, brothers, Harold, Earl, Leon, Robert Smead, Herman, and sister Edith. Memorials may be made to Columbus Lowndes Humane Society, P. O. Box 85, Columbus, MS 39703 or to West Point/Clay County Animal Shelter Rescue Program, 1212 Tibbee Road, West Point, MS 39773. Visitation will be Sunday, 2:00 until 3:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home.

Mrs. Turner Staten

July 30, 2013