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   Gary J. Turner
   
   Gary J. Turner, 55, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002.
   
   Services  will  be  at  2 p.m. Tuesday in Polk Street United Methodist
   Church  with  the  Rev.  Marty Hamrick, associate pastor, and the Rev.
   Toni  Bailey,  pastor  of  the  United Methodist Church in White Deer,
   officiating.  Burial  will  be  in  Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers
   Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.
   
   Mr. Turner was born in Erick, Okla., and had lived in Amarillo most of
   his  life.  He graduated from White Deer High School in 1964. He was a
   graduate  of  West Texas State University where he was a member of the
   ATO social fraternity.
   
   He  was  also  a  graduate of Southern Methodist University, School of
   Banking.  He  came  back to Amarillo and served as the assistant trust
   officer of First National Bank.
   
   He  later  moved  to  Borger  where  he  was  the trust officer of the
   Panhandle  Bank  &  Trust. In 1984 he moved to the East Texas National
   Bank in Palestine where he was the trust officer.
   
   In  1987  he  moved  back  to  Amarillo and founded and owned Prospera
   Financial  Services  in 1993. He currently was president and boss lion
   of the Amarillo Downtown Lions Club.
   
   He  served  on  the  board  of directors of the Lions Eye Bank. He was
   treasurer  of  the  Lions  High  Plains  Eye  Bank  and also served as
   treasurer  of Lions District 2T1 from 2000 to 2001. He was a member of
   Polk Street United Methodist Church.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Sheryn;  seven  sons,  James Turner of
   Dallas, Joel Law and wife, Kim, of Canyon, Jon Law and wife, Tammy, of
   Galva,  Kan.,  Brent Turner and wife, Amy, of Hurst, and Scott Turner,
   Jason Turner and Brian Turner, all of Amarillo; his mother, Mary Ellen
   Turner of White Deer; five grandsons; and a granddaughter.
   
   The  family suggests memorials be to Lions Hi-Plains Eye Bank, 1501 S.
   Coulter,  Amarillo,  TX  79106;  or  the Diabetes Foundation, P.O. Box
   50433, Amarillo, TX 79159.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 28, 2002
   
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