'It'll feel better when it quits hurting'

The Lexington Hearld-Leader reports on the funeral of Rising Sun native, Larry Turner saying:

White linen handkerchiefs were placed in the chairs of Larry Turner's wife, two daughters and son before his funeral, because at times like these people forget the things they'll need the most.

They were placed there by Rebecca Hatton, guest services director at Southland Christian Church. She then put 75 individual mini-packs of Kleenex in the chairs set aside for the rest of Larry Turner's extended family. "Do you know how I knew how to do that?" Hatton said. "Because somebody did it for me when my mom passed away."

Over the weekend, she will do the same thing at least twice for the families of victims of Flight 5191. Over the next week, three or four more victims will be mourned at Lexington's largest church.

Last Sunday, we were a state in shock. We are now a state in mourning.

Yesterday, (Friday) a slow caravan left Southland Christian for the long ride to Larry Turner's Indiana hometown and the place he learned to farm with his father, Roy. It's a town called Rising Sun.

Wayne Turner, speaking at his brother's service, said Roy often told his sons that there is always hope if you keep your eyes on the horizon.

His father's words will have special resonance all week in the Bluegrass.

Said Roy many times: "It'll feel better when it quits hurting."

That may be a while. As Judge Tim Philpot, who eulogized Turner, told the gathering of 1,200: "We've lost 49 people. We're weeping for our own friend, Larry, but we are weeping for Lexington. We are weeping for Kentucky."