Bertha Marie Williams Turner

ABBEVILLE, La. – A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Bertha Marie Williams Turner, 74, was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at St. Theresa Catholic Church (101 N. Leonard Avenue) with Rev. Francois Sainte Marie, Celebrant officiating.
She was laid to rest in the Mausoleum of St. Paul Cemetery (515 Jacqulyn Street) in Abbeville, LA.
She was born on December 22, 1949, to the union of the late Noah John Williams Sr. and Dorothy Brailey Williams. She departed this life at 1:34 a.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital of Lafayette, LA.
Bertha was a devout Catholic who was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church.  She graduated from Kaplan High School and furthered her education at University of Southwestern Louisiana (now UL) where she earned her Bachelors and Master +30 Degree in Education. She was an educator for the Vermilion Parish Public School System.
She leaves in God’s care to cherish her memory, one sister, Maxine Levine of Abbeville, LA; one great-aunt, Anna Brailey Greene of Abbeville, LA; four godchildren, Goliatha Yeggins of Houston, TX, John Guidry of Kaplan, LA, Tamela H. Lewis of North Las Vegas, NV, and Norman Levine Jr. of Abbeville, LA; two sisters-in-law, Gloria Williams and Alice S. Williams; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, church family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Chawanna Oranna Turner Alicea; her parents, Noah John Williams Sr. and Dorothy Brailey Williams; three brothers, Noah Williams Jr., Willie John Williams and Joseph Navarre Williams; three sisters, Betty Lou Chambers, Mary Catherine Floyd and Ellen Marie Walker; brothers-in-law; Allen Chambers, Norman Levine Sr., Albert Walker and Theodore Floyd; sisters-in-law; Ruth Williams and Emma Jean Williams; her former husband, Oran Turner; her in laws, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Sr. and Mary Turner, Louis Herbert and Marval O’Brien. 
The active pallbearers are Patrick Chambers Jr., Lance Chambers, Darrell Chambers, Norman Levine Jr., Troy Williams, and Kenneth Jones.
The honorary pallbearers are Patrick Chambers Sr., John Guidry, Goliatha Yeggins, Sherwood Levine, Jonathan Benjamin, Zachary Bernard, and Larry Broussard.
Condolences can be expressed to the family at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org
Arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home (337-369-3341) 609 W. Admiral Doyle Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560.