MOGMGTurner
GAIL S. TURNER 1951-
Picture courtesy of Missouri Lodge of Research Archive
Grand Master, 2010-2011
BIOGRAPHY
Gail Turner is a native of north central Missouri, raised in the small community of Linneus, the county seat of Linn County, where he was a long time resident until moving to Brookfield, Missouri with his wife Christine, known as "Tina" and their two daughters, Katie and Abigail.
He attended Hannibal College and the University of Missouri receiving a Master's degree in Secondary Education. He worked with his brother running bulldozers and earth movers after college until having been invited to join the Bank of Brookfield-Purdin as a loan officer in 1981. He has served as President/CEO of the bank since 1991.
Gail's Masonic journery began in 1977 when he received the Blue Lodge degrees in Jackson Lodge No 82, Linneus, Missouri serving as Master in 1985 and 2006 and 2007. He served as DDGM of the 10th District in 1985 and 1986, In 1997 he was elected to serve as a Director of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home and a member of the Grand Lode Ways and Means Committee. He was appointed to the advancing line by Grand Master Lee and was elected and installed Grand Master in September 2010.
While serving in the advancing line, he served on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Children's Foundation in the formative years of the MoChip Program. Gail also served three years as a member of the Board of Directors of the George Washington National Masonic Memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia.
Gail is a member of the York Rite, Scottish Rite, the Shrine, the Red Cross of Constantine, Knight Masons, National Sojourners, the Royal Order of Scotland and the Order of the Eastern Star.
He as been very active in the communities of Linneus and Brookfield as a member of the choir of churches in both towns, YMCA Capital Campaigns, Lions and Rotary Clubs, Hospital Board and an Elder and Moderator of the First Christian Church of Brookfield.
