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Gail Theriac

Mrs. Gail Theriac, 76, of Reelfoot Lake passed away Friday, June 9, 2023, at her home. Funeral services will be Held at 11 a.m. today (Tuesday) in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home in Union City. Burial will follow in Sanders Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Gail was born Jan. 18, 1947, in Samburg, daughter of the late Leonard and Louella McTurner. She married Jim Theriac on March 5, 1971. He survives. She worked for the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for 32 years in the personnel department and was a beautician for several years. Gail graduated top ten of her class at Obion County Central High School. She attended the University of Tennessee at Martin and Anderson’s Beauty School, and was a member of Troy Chapter #432 Order of the Eastern Star. She loved working in her yard and flowerbeds, traveling, and keeping her grandchildren. Gail was a member of Second Baptist Church. She is also survived by one daughter, Amy Duncan (Brandon) of Union City; one son, Trent Theriac (Amy Sieg) of Union City; four grandchildren, Ella Gail Duncan, Ray Paris Duncan, Asher Everest Theriac and Connor Owen Theriac, all of Union City; one step granddaughter, Madison Sieg of Union City; four sisters, Ida Reed of Samburg, Dorothy Hale of Hornbeak, Sharon Cranford of Troy and Kay LeGate (Roger) of Trenton; three brothers, Johnny McTurner (Sandra) of Union City, Jerry McTurner of Samburg and Doyle McTurner (Laura) of Union City; and several nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Lee Williams; and one brother, Dub McTurner. Online tributes may be left at www.emfuneralhome.com.