EDUCATION: Tupelo High School; Advisory Business Management/Operations Courses; HR, Communications
OCCUPATION: Past owner/Pres., Turner’s Big Star Supermarket; Retired grocery business, used farm/construction equip. business; semi-retired, comm. real estate holdings and farmland
MEMBER: Church of Christ
FAMILY: Spouse: Mary Ellen Blaylock Turner; Children: Jerry R. Jr., Terry, Suzanne; grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Years in Legislature: 21