An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
R.I.P. Rep. Turner
Democratic Representative Larry Turner of Memphis Dead
The Tennessee House Speaker Pro Tempore has announced that Representative Larry Turner of Memphis has died.
The announcement was made Friday, November 27, 2009. House Speaker Pro Tempore Louis DeBerry told the Associated Press that Rep. Turner died Friday morning after a long illness.
Rep. Turner missed most of the last session of the Tennessee General Assembly because of the illness. He’d spent twenty-four years in the legislature with hardly any absences before the last term.
Rep. DeBerry describes Rep. Turner as a quiet, yet effective lawmaker. Rep. DeBerry told the Associated Press, “I never heard anybody say anything bad about (him), and I never heard him say anything bad about anybody.”
It’s really hard to come across a politician these days that is so highly thought of by both sides. Many pay lip service, but few are truly sincere. It appears this gentleman was honestly though well of.
Rest in peace sir. Prayers with the family.
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Yet we still cant get Reid or Pelosi to die.
Shame.
Now, I don’t wish death on even those two, but it sure would be nice if they’d just go away. Don’t even care if they go away mad…just git!