Connie Turner

Connie Yvonne Turner passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at Cape Girardeau at the age of 42 years.

She was born Sept. 28, 1974, in Sikeston, Missouri, the daughter of Namon E. Pearson of Sikeston and Connie Lee Stone of Jackson.

She was a hometown girl, graduating from Sikeston High School in 1992.

She is survived by her children, Christian Caleb Hill and Elizabeth Yvonne Hill, both of West Monroe, Louisiana; her father, Namon E. (Kathy) Pearson of Sikeston; and her mother, Connie Lee (Charles) Stone of Jackson. Also surviving are four sisters, Rejeania (John) Givens of Sikeston, Teresa Countz of Smyrna, Tennessee, Terri Ann Waldrop of Tiptonville, Tennessee, and Rachel (Chad) Bartholomew of O'Fallon, Illinois.

She was preceded in death by Russell E. Turner, former husband, and one brother, Namon Lynn Pearson.

Our Yvonne early loved music and singing.

Together with her sister, Rachel, they sang for residents in various nursing homes, and both participated in the telethon held every year to benefit the Kenny Rogers Children's Center for special-needs children.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at noon today at Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid, Missouri. John Givens, pastor of Potter House in Miner, Missouri, will officiate. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories at Sikeston.