Marian Elaine Phaup Turner left peacefully and with love to join her beloved
savior Jesus Christ August 22nd, 2008 after a
long and valiant struggle with terminal disease. She is survived by her children
Randall Turner, Lisa Turner, Laine Turner and Tracy Turner; her sister of the
heart Audrey Robbins, and grandchildren Jamie Gardiner, Brian Thigpen, Stephanie
Turner, Drew Turner, and Colin and Eri Thigpen with a great-grandchild on the
way. She was preceded in death by her daughter Vanessa Paige Thigpen, her
husband James Turner, her parents Roy and Bessie Phaup, and her brother Bubba
Phaup. She has left behind a host of adoring friends and family who will miss
her dearly.
Marian
was born in Richmond, Virginia on November 28th, 1925. Her unique zest for life
began to express itself at an early age. Far ahead of her time, as a young
teenager she would sneak out for lessons in flying airplanes and would box for
her father’s boxing club and even helped him train Golden Glove boxers. She
married in 1951 and began to live her lifelong dream of devoted motherhood, and
considered her children (later adding her grandchildren) as the jewels in her
crown. A talented seamstress, she was a woman of many passions and interests;
among her favorites were bargain hunting, traveling, volunteering at Riverside
Hospital, and expressing her fashion diva.
Brimming with enthusiasm, Marian was a lifelong learner and continued to take
classes throughout her life. Her children and
grand-children have inherited her love for reading. She combined a wealth of
knowledge and a rare gift for comedy with her characteristic willingness to give
of her self without reserve. Tender and caring with a servant’s heart, Marian
had a real love for people. She has shaped all those she loved indelibly, and
has left all of us a powerful role model to live up to.
Memorial services will be planned for Colorado Springs, Colorado and for
Richmond, Virginia, and in lieu of a formal funeral service a mega-family
reunion will be held in her honor in Virginia during the summer of 2009. For
continuing updates, photo galleries, and an opportunity to sign her guestbook
and share your fondest memories or leave condolences, please go to
www.phaup-turner-family.com.
In lieu of flowers it is the family’s request that those
who would honor her memory do so by building bridges and tearing down walls with
the people you love, practicing forgiveness everyday, and constantly striving to
find new ways to show your love.
Gerald Phaup Stinson, of Dillwyn, Virginia, passed away Thursday morning, July
24, 2008. He was born in Farmville on May 6, 1946. Gerald was retired from the
Marine Corps and the Boilermaker Local 45. The last few years of his life had
been spent with his family and tending to his farm. He is survived by his wife,
Donna Stinson; daughter and son-in-law, Lindsay and Britt Hopkins; son, John
Stinson; and two granddaughters, Langston and Mary Reeves Hopkins. Family will
receive visitors at Puckett Funeral Home in Farmville on Saturday, July 26, from
4 to 6 p.m. The funeral service will be held at Quantico National Cemetery on
Monday, July 28, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that
donations be made to the Hospice of Virginia or the American Cancer Society.
DILLWYN -- Stinson, Mr. Gerald Phaup, 62, retired from the U.S. Marine
Corps and the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers Local 45,
husband of Donna Stinson.
long and valiant struggle with terminal disease. She is survived by her children
Randall Turner, Lisa Turner, Laine Turner and Tracy Turner; her sister of the
heart Audrey Robbins, and grandchildren Jamie Gardiner, Brian Thigpen, Stephanie
Turner, Drew Turner, and Colin and Eri Thigpen with a great-grandchild on the
way. She was preceded in death by her daughter Vanessa Paige Thigpen, her
husband James Turner, her parents Roy and Bessie Phaup, and her brother Bubba
Phaup. She has left behind a host of adoring friends and family who will miss
her dearly.
Marian
was born in Richmond, Virginia on November 28th, 1925. Her unique zest for life
began to express itself at an early age. Far ahead of her time, as a young
teenager she would sneak out for lessons in flying airplanes and would box for
her father’s boxing club and even helped him train Golden Glove boxers. She
married in 1951 and began to live her lifelong dream of devoted motherhood, and
considered her children (later adding her grandchildren) as the jewels in her
crown. A talented seamstress, she was a woman of many passions and interests;
among her favorites were bargain hunting, traveling, volunteering at Riverside
Hospital, and expressing her fashion diva. 
grand-children have inherited her love for reading. She combined a wealth of
knowledge and a rare gift for comedy with her characteristic willingness to give
of her self without reserve. Tender and caring with a servant’s heart, Marian
had a real love for people. She has shaped all those she loved indelibly, and
has left all of us a powerful role model to live up to. 