Cleo Franklin Turner, age 76, of Malvern, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. He was born in Butterfield, Arkansas on January 10, 1932 to the late Harry and Maude Parsons Turner. Mr. Turner was a United States Army veteran and served his country during the Korean War. He retired from CF & I Steel Company in Pueblo, Colorado, after which he made his home in Malvern.

His survivors include his wife, Jeanine Fuson Turner of Malvern; three sons, Frank and Jim Turner of Pueblo, Colorado, and Richard Turner of Asotin, Washington; two daughters, Nancy Mares and Lisa Snyder of Lewiston, Idaho; a step-son, James Samuel Fuson of Malvern; a step-daughter, Leah Fuson Campbal of Cabot, Arkansas; three sisters, Edna Hughes of Malvern, Leona Hockett of Salina, Kansas, and Betty Jo Rooker of Wichita, Kansas; 14 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and three step-great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at ten o'clock Friday morning, May 30, 2008 in the chapel of J. A. Funk Funeral Home.

Interment will follow in Shadowlawn Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the mortuary on Thursday evening from six until eight o'clock.

Online condolences may be sent via jafunkfuneralhome.com.