Turner road sign dedication Saturday

A section of West Main Street/Hwy. 412 will be dedicated to the late Landis Turner, local attorney who passed away March 17, 2020, in a ceremony to be held Saturday, June 26, at 4 p.m. at the intersection of West Main Street and Darbytown Road.

Both houses of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee approved the documents spear-headed by State Senator Dr. Joey Hensley to honor Turner with this highway designation.

Turner practiced law in Hohenwald from 1967 until retirement in 2007 serving in the Tennessee Bar Association including President. He also served on boards of Tennessee Trial Lawyers, Tennessee Justice Center, the American Board of Trial Advocates, Tennessee County Attorneys Association, Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association, Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and Tennessee Defense Attorneys Association and the American Bar Association. He was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court. On two occasions, he was nominated for appointment to a circuit judgeship. He was on the board of directors of the Clement Museum in Dickson.

Mr. Turner was a creator of the first railroad authority by which cities and counties were able to save railroad branches abandoned by large railroads. He served as attorney for South Central Tennessee Railroad Authority for thirty years, followed by years as chairman of both his local railraod authority and the Tennessee Short Line Railroad Alliance, which represents 18 railroads.

Active in politics, he managed over 20 campaigns in Lewis County, mainly for Democratic candidates for national and state offices. He was elected a member of the Lewis County Commission. For many years, he served on the board of directors and became president of the Tennessee County Commissioners Association. He was a contributing writer to Validy Magazine and the Lewis County Herald.

For forty years, he was City Attorney for Hohenwald, County Attorney for Lewis County, City Attorney for Lobelville in Perry County for over twenty years, and Attorney for the Lewis County School System.

He was a Shriner and a Past Master of his Masonic Lodge. he received the Long Rifle Award from Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Turner is survived by his wife, Janet Cameron Turner,; daughter, Leslie Cameron Schuster; son, Donald Landis Turner; and grandchildren, Lucy and Daniel Schuster and Cyril Turner.