FarmHouse remembers crash victim from UK
 

FarmHouse remembers crash victim from UK
Chris Weis
The Kentucky Kernel
(The University of Kentucky)
Issue date: 10/5/06 Section: Campus News

Members of FarmHouse Fraternity set up tables and chairs on the front lawn of their house last night to host a cookout in honor of a fallen fraternity brother.

Larry Turner, a UK administrator who was killed in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in August, was an associate member of FarmHouse Fraternity.

"We felt something needed to be done to remember him by that also got the campus involved," said Troy Stinson, the FarmHouse member in charge of the fundraiser.

The cookout raised more than $650 for the UK College of Agriculture's Dr. Larry W. Turner Scholarship and Extension Development Fund, Stinson said. About 130 people came out.

Turner originally joined FarmHouse at Purdue University, where he studied agricultural engineering. Turner associated with the UK chapter of FarmHouse when he came here to work on his Ph.D.

Turner was the associate dean for extension in the College of Agriculture and director of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.

Turner taught members of FarmHouse in the College of Agriculture, Stinson said.

FarmHouse President Lee Johnson said Turner was highly respected and will be missed in the college.

"This is a very small part of what (Turner) really deserves," Johnson said. "Anything we can do to recognize a great guy."

Stinson said the fundraiser gave him "a good feeling."

"It feels even better, seeing the turnout, seeing how many people want to help out," Stinson said.

Judy Cockrum, Kappa Alpha Theta housemother, said the fundraiser showed how much the members of FarmHouse respect Turner.

Cockrum said she attended the fundraiser to support FarmHouse.

"It's great anytime young men can come together as a group to do something good for the community," Cockrum said.

More than $15,000 has been raised for the Dr. Larry W. Turner Scholarship and Extension Development Fund, said Marci Hicks, director of development in the College of Agriculture.