Ada Turley

Ada Ella "Toots" Turley, 90, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Dec. 11, 1927, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, daughter of Carl D. and Ada E. Cook Thomasson. She and Robert E. Turley were married April 11, 1946. He passed away Jan. 25, 2009.

Toots grew up in St. Francois County, Missouri, and graduated from Desloge High School in Desloge, Missouri. She and Bob moved to Jackson in 1958, where they co-owned and operated Turley's Drive-in Cleaners. She worked in the radiology department at Southeast Hospital; she thoroughly enjoyed the job and co-workers.

Toots was a charter member of LaCroix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau.

Loving survivors include two sons, Vernon (Letti) Turley of Barnhart, Missouri, and Wayne (Karen) Turley of Jackson; four grandchildren, Shannon (Nathan) Hughey, Sara (Zac) Roe, Nathan (Alisha) Turley and McKenzie (Joe) Walter; eight great-grandchildren; and a brother, Carl Joe (Marion) Thomasson of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and 13 siblings.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

The family suggests contributions be made to LaCroix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.