Juanita June Ramsey Turner was born Sept. 8, 1934, to parents Ted and Alta Ramsey. She had three older sisters, Faye, Ruth, and Thelma, an older brother, Gene, and a younger brother, Charles. Her brother Gene could not pronounce Juanita, so he called her Dede, which became her lifelong name. Living on a farm, she learned the value of hard work while attending school in a one-room schoolhouse. Later, Dede began working when she was fourteen and had a variety of jobs, such as childcare, waitressing, factory work, contracting for cleaning new construction homes, pet sitting, and home health care, along with church visitation to homebound members.
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