Mercedes Turner

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Mercedes “Merk” Jeanne Avet Turner, 93, a native and resident of Houma, La., died on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.


Mrs. Turner was a parishioner of St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church, where she served on the Ladies Altar Society for decades. She was also a Eucharistic minister at Maison de Ville Nursing Home for over 50 years. Her greatest joys were raising her family and camping all over the United States and Canada.

She is survived by her daughters, Jeannie (Thomas) Sawyer, Lizbeth Turner and Laurie (John) Conkerton; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Burial is at St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2 in Houma.


(Chauvin)

Mercedes Turner