Margaret Turner Geralds

Mrs. Margaret Alice (Turner) Geralds, age 88, of Tompkinsville, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 30, 2026, at the Monroe County Medical Center. Margaret was born in Jeffrey on July 20, 1937, a daughter of the late Clyde and Ova Cross Turner. She was a 1957 graduate of Tompkinsville High School and obtained her beautician’s license and owned and operated Margaret’s Hair Styling until her retirement in 2019. She was a member of the Eastern Star and Member of the Germany Church of Christ.

She is survived by her daughter, Rexanna Proffitt and husband Johnny Dale, Granddaughter, Marci Turner, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, great-grandsons, Trace Flanary and Kye Rich, one brother, Richard Turner and wife Brenda, four sisters; Cecile Boyles, Dixie Abbitt, Carol Johnson and husband Glenn, Kay Hutchison and husband Ray, Sisters-in law, Barbara Turner, Karen Smith; brothers-in law, David Hagan and Chester Kerr. A “Special son,” Thomas Bewley, and “Special daughter” Patsy York, several nieces and nephews and a host of extended family also survive.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Ross Geralds, son-in-law, Tommy Turner, her parents-in-law, Travis and Kathryn Geralds, two brothers, Clyde Travis Turner, Alfred Turner; two brothers-in-law, Milton “Burr” Boyles, Ronald Abbitt, Jack and his wife Virginia Brown, David and Virginia Geralds, and sisters in law, Betty Kerr and Nancy Hagan, and her beloved cat, Oakley.

Funeral Services will be conducted at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, from Bartley & Sons Funeral Home in Tompkinsville, with burial to follow in Monroe County Memorial Lawn. Brothers, Ronnie Turner and Tim McHenry will officiate the services.

Visitation will be held after 3:00 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2026, and again on Tuesday morning after 7:00 a.m. until the time of service.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Molly Harlin Scholarship Fund, or to the Germany Church of Christ Building Fund.

Pallbearers: Donnie Peden, Ronnie Turner, Brad Turner, Scott Turner, Thomas Bewley, and Ricky Bartley

Honorary Pallbearers: Dr. Michael Carter, Patsy and Tommy York, Dustin and Drew Peden, Chandler, Mason and Gage Turner, Ben, David, and Joseph Hutchison, John Owen Harlin, Morgan and Jordan Deckard

Bartley & Sons Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the care of Mrs. Margaret and her family at this time.