Edith Elizabeth Hall Turner, 98, of Huntsville, Alabama, passed away on October 25, 2026. To her family, her neighbors, and the children on her street who knew her as “Grandma Turner,” she was warm and endlessly curious, and she never met a stranger.
Edith was born January 20, 1928, in Gurley, Alabama, to Shelby Jordan Hall Sr. and Sarah Morris Jones Hall. She graduated from Madison County High School in 1946, worked as a clerk typist at Redstone Arsenal, and on June 21, 1958, married Gerald Lester “Gerry” Turner, a NASA electrical engineer.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Gerry; her parents; her brother, Shelby Hall Jr.; her sisters, Kay Hall Wall, Mary Hall Toney, and Margaret Hall Short; her daughter, Glenda Brandner, and son-in-law, Wolfgang Brandner; and her grandson, Paul Brandner.
She is survived by her daughter, Linda Cuddington of Birmingham, Alabama; her son, James E. Turner (Dawn) of Huntsville; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Culverhouse, Justin Culverhouse (Ginger), Eric Turner (Sylvia), and Anna Mercer; two great-grandchildren, Edie Kate Culverhouse and Xander Culverhouse; and six nieces and nephews, along with their families.
Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at Laughlin Service Funeral Home, followed by a service in the chapel at 2:30 p.m. with Mike McLemore officiating. A private graveside service for the family will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery.
The family wishes to thank Dena and Jim McCraw, Kathy Hauff, and Edith’s neighbors for their longtime friendship.
In lieu of flowers, and in recognition of Edith’s genealogy work, memorials may be made to the Heritage Room at Huntsville-Madison County Library Foundation Give Page (https://hmcpl.org/give) or mail a check payable to the Foundation to P.O. Box 443, Huntsville, AL 35804. If mailing a check, indicate “Heritage Room” in the memo line.
