Announcement is Courtesy of Nelms Memorial Funeral Home, Arrangements entrusted to People's Funeral Home, Athens, Alabama.

The Homegoing Celebration for Leo Turner, Jr., of Athens, Alabama, will be held on Monday, September 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at First Missionary Baptist Church, 3509 Blue Spring Road NW, Huntsville, Alabama 35810. Pastor R. L. Turner of Destiny & Legacy Ministries, Birmingham, Alabama will serve as the Eulogist. Mr. Turner will lie in repose from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Interment and committal services will follow at Thatch-Mann Cemetery.

The repast will be held at the Round Island Creek Mission Center immediately following the interment.

Public viewing will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at New Life Church, 2314 South Hine Street, Athens, Alabama 35611.