Teresa Turbeville Uptmore

Teresa Turbeville Uptmore of Waco died Thursday, September 16, 2010, at the age of 53. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at College Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. David Thompson and Rev. Jimmy Dorrell officiating. Interment will follow in McGregor Cemetery under the direction of Cole Funeral Home, 1113 West Fifth Street, McGregor. Visitation will be 6 to 8 P.M. Monday at Cole Funeral Home.

Teresa was born November 7, 1956, in Waco, Texas the daughter of Virgil Earl and Loraine (Davis) Turbeville. In 1975, she graduated from McGregor High School where she played Clarinet in the Bulldog Band and was valedictorian of her class. She continued her education at McLennan Community College where she earned her degree in nursing. She resided in Albuquerque, New Mexico for nine years where she worked as a registered nurse. In 1989, she returned to Waco and continued nursing, most recently with Girling Health Care. On May 8, 1993, she married Johnnie Ray Uptmore in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Throughout her life, she devoted her time and energy to her family and those in need. She was a member of C Avenue Baptist Church in McGregor and was actively involved with the Church Under the Bridge in Waco. She also spent many hours volunteering for Mission Waco and sponsored four children in Haiti and Cambodia.

Preceding her in death was her father, Virgil Earl Turbeville.

Survivors include her husband Johnnie; her mother, Loraine Turbeville; two daughters, Sara Atkinson and fiancé Reid Guess of Austin, Carly Webb and husband Cory of Waco; a brother, Kenneth Turbeville and wife Misti of China Spring; a sister Sharon Humphrey and husband Don of Hewitt; two grandchildren, Lucy Webb, Miles Webb and a future grandson, Elliot Guess; many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

For those desiring, the family has suggested Mission Waco, 1305 North 15th Street, Waco, Texas76707 for memorial contributions.