Mr. Hezkiah Turner Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral Services for Mr. Hezkiah Turner, Jr. will be held Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 3:00 PM at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1328 Antioch Road, Santee, SC 29142. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Public viewing will take place from noon until 7:00 PM Friday, March 22, 2019. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements. "DT" as he was affectionately known was born April 18, 1948 in Elloree, SC. He was a son of the late Hezkiah and Minnie Goins Turner, Sr. DT transitioned to the Kingdom of eternal life to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, March 16, 2019. He was educated in the public schools of Orangeburg County, South Carolina. He accepted The Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and was baptized into the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Santee, South Carolina. Hezkiah moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1969 where he worked for AL Sanitation for over 30 years. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Harry Lee Turner, Deacon Marion Turner, Sr. and Robert Felder; a sister, Mary "Mickey" Williams; and a stepson, Mattie Brown. He leaves to cherish fond memories, his fiance, Vernet "Skeeter" Pettiford of Santee, SC; two step daughters, Bernice (Timmy) Profitt of Santee, SC and Shonda Brown of Bridgeport, CT; two sisters, Isabel Scriven and Lizzie (Willie) Collier both of Columbia, SC; two brothers, David Turner of Elloree, SC and Authur Felder of Bridgeport, CT; a brother-in-law, John C. Williams; two special nieces, Thelma (Leroy) Holiday of Columbia, SC and Takiesha (Jerome) Riggins of Elloree, SC; a special nephew, John (Mary) Williams of Charlotte, NC; eleven grandchildren; six great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and countless friends.

Mr. Hezkiah Turner Jr.

April 18, 1948 - March 16, 2019