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Ira Nell Turman
DR. IRA NELL TURMAN
Funeral services for Dr. Ira Nell Turman, 81, of Austin, formerly of Fannin County will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Johnny Glover will officiate. Burial will follow in Gober Cemetery. Ira Nell passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at Smith Nursing Home in Wolfe City.
Ira Nell was born January 1, 1929 in Gober, Texas, the daughter of Ira Lee Wigley and Myrtle Lee Lacy Wigley. She was a graduate of Gober High School and received her Masters degree from East Texas State University. She also received a Doctorate of Education Administration and Linguistics from the University of Texas in Austin. Ira Nell taught English in Wolfe City, Richardson and Austin, Texas, Perryville, Maryland and McLean, Virginia. From 1971 to 1993, she worked with the Texas Education Agency in Austin where she retired as a Senior Director of Text Book Administration. She was a member of Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin. She moved back to the North Texas area in 2001. Ira Nell was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her only child, James Arthur ?Art? Turman, Jr. and his wife, Debbie of Gober; two granddaughters, Amanda Turman Pippin of Dallas and Jennifer Turman of Gober; a great granddaughter, KatieAnne Pippin of Allen.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Babers, Dell Babers, Ed Breach, Dale Davis and Jeff Wallace.
The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 10:30 AM until service time Friday morning . Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com
Funeral services for Dr. Ira Nell Turman, 81, of Austin, formerly of Fannin County will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Johnny Glover will officiate. Burial will follow in Gober Cemetery. Ira Nell passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at Smith Nursing Home in Wolfe City.
Ira Nell was born January 1, 1929 in Gober, Texas, the daughter of Ira Lee Wigley and Myrtle Lee Lacy Wigley. She was a graduate of Gober High School and received her Masters degree from East Texas State University. She also received a Doctorate of Education Administration and Linguistics from the University of Texas in Austin. Ira Nell taught English in Wolfe City, Richardson and Austin, Texas, Perryville, Maryland and McLean, Virginia. From 1971 to 1993, she worked with the Texas Education Agency in Austin where she retired as a Senior Director of Text Book Administration. She was a member of Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin. She moved back to the North Texas area in 2001. Ira Nell was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her only child, James Arthur ?Art? Turman, Jr. and his wife, Debbie of Gober; two granddaughters, Amanda Turman Pippin of Dallas and Jennifer Turman of Gober; a great granddaughter, KatieAnne Pippin of Allen.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Babers, Dell Babers, Ed Breach, Dale Davis and Jeff Wallace.
The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 10:30 AM until service time Friday morning . Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com
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