Alma Turley Heaton, 93, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016, in Cedar City, Utah. A viewing will be held from 9 to 10:45 a.m. on Friday, May 6, in the Alton Ward Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alton, Utah, followed by funeral services at 11 a.m. Interment will be in the Alton Cemetery. She was born Sept. 3, 1922, in Woodruff, the first of six children born to Charles Herman Turley and Elizabeth Ann Hunt. Alma married Loyd Webster Heaton May 17, 1944, in the St. George LDS Temple. They raised their seven children in Alton. Their children include Linda (Terry) Thatcher of Orderville, Utah, Charlene (DeLynn) Barton of Cedar City, Marilyn (David) Pickard of Santaquin, Utah, Dianne (Mark) Whipple of Logandale, Nev., Anita (Ron) Dayton of Woodinville, Wash., Charles Loyd (Paula) Heaton of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and Vickie (Joseph) Farnsworth of Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated May 17, 1940, from Union High School in Snowflake. Alma served with her husband Loyd as temple ordinance workers in the St. George Temple from 1984 to 1989. Together they served a temple mission to Atlanta, Ga., from April 1989 to May 1990. As an active member of the LDS church, she served in many church positions. She loved to garden and care for her chickens. She planted a garden every year and took care of her chickens until she was 91. Many have been the recipients of fresh vegetables and eggs. Alma was a champion bread maker and candy maker, and loved to can and bottle the produce from her garden and fruit trees. Survivors include her children; 30 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Verdell (Roger) Button of Mesa; one brother, Frank LaVerle (Jeanne) Turley of Holbrook; one brother-in-law, Orson William Rogers of Joseph City; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Loyd Webster Heaton; her parents; two brothers, Charles Merle Turley and Norman Hunt Turley; one sister, Elaine Rogers; and one grandson, Charles Monte Barton. Mosdell Mortuary of Utah was in charge of the arrangements.
