Keenan Turner

Keenan V. Turner, son of the late Leslie M. and Della Marie Rodgers Turner, was born in Campbellsville, KY on October 28, 1947. He departed this life on November 28, 2025, at the age of 78, under the care of the Jean Waddle Hospice Care unit in Somerset, Kentucky.
He is survived by his loving wife, Pam Latham Turner, whom he married on July 07, 1989 in Somerset, KY.
Other survivors include his five children, Carey (and John) Sanders of Lexington, Kentucky; Maquel Deckard of Springdale, Arkansas; Garrett "G.L." (and Samantha) Turner of Lexington, Kentucky; Tracy (and Rick) McCrystal of Somerset, Kentucky; and Davin (and Lindsey) Roberts of Somerset, Kentucky. He is also survived by ten grandchildren: Ann Marie and John Clayton Sanders; Belle, Piper, Emma, and Kora Turner; Kent (and Sarah) Dalton; Katie (and Zack) Coggin; Connor and Caine Roberts; and five great grandchildren, as well as two sisters - Gwynette (and Ronnie) Sullivan and Carla Brockman.
Keenan served in the US Army during the Vietnam Era. Later in life he was in the care of Thomson Hood Veteran Center in Wilmore, Kentucky for the last 18 months of his life. The family would like to express their gratitude to all the staff, especially Sam Hutchinson and Andrew Merrill.
For more than thirty years, Keenan served the citizens of Jackson County and Pulaski County through the University of Kentucky / Pulaski County Extension Office, where he was the Agriculture Extension agent. He was a trusted and well-known figure to many in Pulaski County, providing guidance and insight on matters ranging from agriculture to economic issues. Keenan was a dedicated community servant, serving on several local and state level Board of Directors. For many years, he was a respected KHSAA official for basketball, football, baseball and softball games. Keenan loved nothing more than coaching and cheering his kids and grandkids on from the stands at all their sporting events.
He was an avid fisherman, and also enjoyed all sports, especially the L A Dodgers and UK Wildcats. He was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and a member of the Farmhouse Fraternity at UK.
A funeral service for Keenan will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 02, 2025 at the Chapel of the Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Mill Springs National Cemetery with Military honors conducted by the American Legion Post # 38.
The family of Keenan Turner will receive friends at the Pulaski Funeral Home on Monday, December 1, 2025 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday, December 2 from 10 am until time for the service. In Lieu of flowers, the family requests expressions of sympathy be made to the Somerset-Pulaski County Alzheimers Respite Center or Hospice of Lake Cumberland.
Pulaski Funeral Home is honored to be assisting the family of Keenan Turner.