Funeral services for Doretha M. Turner, 83, of Waterproof, LA will be held April 5, 2014 at 11:00am from Myrtle Grove Baptist Church in Waterproof. Burial will follow at Myrtle Grove Cemetery with Rev. Adrian Lundy officiating.

Mrs. Turner, daughter of Johnny and Mae Louise Johnson Turner was born in Waterproof and died at Riverland Medical Center in Ferriday. She was a cardiac monitor technician at Riverland Medical Center.

She is survived by one son, Darren Schiele of Malaysia; two daughters, Vernell Talor of Waterproof and Johnice Jones of Lynwood, IL; one sister, Delores Turner of Waterproof. Also five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Rena Parson, two brothers, Harold Turner and   James Earl Johnson; one sister, Alma Turner.