Franklin- Ferne Turner Kitchen, 92, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015. She was a daughter of the late Paul Turner and Lizzie Griffin Turner and was also predeceased by her husband, George Thomas Kitchen, Sr., a daughter, Jeanie Kitchen Darden, a granddaughter, Janet Kitchen Crumpler and three sisters, Shirley Bradshaw, Jane Babb and Suretta Babb.

She was a member of Courtland Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher for many years. She worked for Parker Drug Co., Camp Manufacturing Co., St. Regis Paper Co. and was one of the first employees of Wal-Mart in Franklin.

Left to cherish her memory is her son, George T. Kitchen, Jr. (Ann) of Courtland, four grandchildren, Rhonda Kitchen, Jill Darden, Clifton "Jack" Darden (Dawn) and Jonathan Paul Darden and six great grandchildren, Peter Daniel Crumpler, IV, Rachel Sterenberg, Sara, Justin, and Jacob Ford and Aiden Darden and one great great grandchild, Eleanor Ann Sterenberg.

A graveside funeral will be held at 2PM Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Riverside Cemetery, Courtland with the Rev. Howard Vinson, Jr. officiating. Wright Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

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