Funeral services for Harold E. Turner, 79, of Waterproof, LA will be held March 26, 2014 a 10:00am from Myrtle Grove Baptist Church in Waterproof. Burial will be held at the Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez, MS. Rev. Adrian Lundy will officiate.

Mr. Turner, a son of Johnny and Mary Johnson Turer was born in  Waterpoof and died at Riverland Medical Center in Ferriday, LA. He was a retired teacher and girls basketball coach for Tensas Parish School System. He served in the US Air Force, earning an honorable discharge; was a 1966 graduate of Grambling State University; served two terms as Mayor of the Town of Waterproof and also served as alderman. He was the first Black Mayor and first Black Alderman for Waterproof.

He is survived by his wife, Carol Wiley Turner; one daughter, Kellie Turner; two sisters, Doretha Turner and Delores Turner ; three nieces, Vernell Taylor all of Waterproof; Johnice Jones of Lynwood, IL; Michelle Cameron of Houston, TX; one nephew, Darren Schiele of Malaysia and a host of great-nieces. great-nephews and other relatives and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Alma Turner; one brother, James Johnson; one aunt, Minnie Nelson and a niece, Rea Parson.