Glenda Rae Turns, 76, of Bossier City passed away on Thursday April 6th, 2023. Glenda was born March 9, 1947 in Leavenworth, Kansas to Della and Theodore Dodd. She was the eldest of four brothers and one sister.
Glenda graduated from Easton High School in Easton, Kansas in 1965. Thereafter she started a career in office automation information management at Ft. Leavenworth, then onto Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, and finally Ft. Carson near Colorado Springs, Colorado where she retired. Glenda enjoyed her retirement with bowling and fishing excursions. She lived in Colorado Springs for thirty years before moving to the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri where she became the resident expert on crappie fishing right off of her dock at the lake. After six years at the lake she had a yearning to be close to her grandchildren and great grandchildren, so she picked up and moved south. She loved the warm weather and always looked forward to Mudbug Madness each year. Glenda’s best days were filled with music and dancing, family, and she especially loved fishing and laughing with her sister. She never knew a stranger, and could strike up a conversation with anyone anywhere she went. She was a proud member of Bellaire Baptist Church.
Glenda was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers: Rudy Dodd and Roger Dodd.
Left to cherish Glenda’s beautiful memories are her beloved husband of forty years; Charles Turns, one sister; Sandra Eidemiller and husband Don, two brothers: Dwain Dodd, Steven Dodd, one daughter; Heather Thomas, five grandchildren: Kyle Christie, Zach Christie, Ashley O’Donnell, Brittany O’Donnell, Lillie Duran, three great-grandchildren; Jaxon Christie, Levi Christie, Jessi Christie, an abundance of cousins, nieces, extended family members and a host of wonderful friends.
Memorials may be made in honor of Glenda Turns to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, (800) 478-5833 or stjude.org.
We would like to express our gratitude toward the Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health system, their doctors and nurses, a special thank you to her doctors: David Green, MD and Deepika Ralla, MD.
A celebration of life will be held Saturday, 22 April 2023 11:00 A.M. in the Bellaire Baptist Church in Bossier City with Reverend Michael Woodruff officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Waynesville, Missouri.
