Cheyenne Turner: April 21, 1939
— August 24, 1998
In Loving Memory
Ode to Cheyenne
Posted to this web site August 24, 1999
Do you know Cheyenne?
I do — and bless the circumstance that brought
us together 25 years ago. As much as I love this wonderful woman, I hate
the cancer eating her life away. Bone cancer grinds out excruciating pain
and the lung cancer is killing her, suffocating her, makes her gasp for
breath, small exertions make the heart race — it's breaking my heart.
"My doctor says I should stop worrying about The
Eclectic Viewpoint and relax. I should prepare for my peaceful demise,"
she told me this evening.
"I don't think I have much time."
"I'm scared, especially at night. I wish I could have someone with me at night."
"Did you find those orders for AVMP? Please send
them. Those people are dying and it might help."
"Could you ask my friends to pray for me each
day between 10:00 and 11:00 am?"
"Please find and pay all my bills — they are
in the pile (of stuff) on the fireplace mantel."
"Don't tell my parents how bad it is. They will
just grieve that much more. I don't want to cause any more pain than necessary."
"My next speaker is _____. Let's get everything
ready for the next newsletter and lecture in October."
Do you know Cheyenne?
I thought I did, until the events of these last
few weeks made me realize just how much I still love her, regardless of
our angry divorce in 1981.
On Friday, July 24, she and I spent a long day
with several medical specialists. A neurosurgeon finally ruled out muscular
spasm or other back nerve problems and said, "I want you to have a bone
scan today."
We did the X-ray. We did the bone scan and we
were scheduled to do another MRI. After the bone scan, her doctor sent
the word, "We don't need another MRI. We need to talk. Can you come to
my office?"
Dr. Deborah Pyne, a fine physician and loving
friend said, "I'm sorry. The bone scan indicates cancer and the X-ray shows
dozens of lesions in the lungs. I want you to get in the hospital immediately."
I learned later this diagnosis was with consultation
of all the specialists — Cheyenne had advanced lung and bone cancer!
Do you know Cheyenne?
Did you know she began The Eclectic Viewpoint
back in 1991 because she had a vision, compelling her to do what she has
done?
An excellent sales person, she gave up higher
income in that field in order to devote her life to the cause, the mission,
the fulfillment of The Eclectic Viewpoint. And, because of her drive and
tenacity, thousands of people have been exposed to the cutting edge, perhaps
even beyond that, of what Chey calls, "Ideas and people that should get
exposure."
Dannion Brinkley is an example. His message of
his near-death experiences has given hope to millions, and Chey helped
him with one of his first significant public presentations. Among Dannion's
accurate predictions he said Chey and I would get back together. Since
then, we haven't really been apart.
Cheyenne has followed her vision and touched the
lives of thousands through her Eclectic Viewpoint lectures and thousands
of video and audio tapes. She has been a visionary in finding and bringing
to the public some of the late 20th century's most revolutionary thinkers
and researchers. She has given so much of herself to empower so many others.
If you have been touched by Cheyenne's life and passion pray for her.
Jim Turner
Cheyenne's ex but still loving husband
Friday, August 21, 1998
Final Update: Monday morning, August 24, 1998.
Cheyenne passed away peacefully in sleep, finally
free of pain, about 5:00 am this morning. She was surrounded by friends
and enfolded with love.
The lecture on September 11th will be held, and The
Eclectic Viewpoint will continue as a testament in her memory. What she
started is too valuable, to too many people, for any other action.
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The following was published on the Obituaries page of The Dallas Morning News.
By Joe Simnacher, Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
A memorial service for Wanda Carter "Cheyenne" Turner, founder of the Eclectic Viewpoint --- a group dedicated to exploring the unusual sides of science and life --- will be at 7 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 12, 1998) at the Cathedral of Light in Carrollton.
Ms. Turner, 59, died Aug. 24 in her sleep of cancer at Plano Medical Center. Her ashes have been buried in Asheville, N.C., her hometown.
In 1992, she founded and operated the Eclectic Viewpoint, a Dallas-based newsletter and lecture series that is a forum for unusual phenomenon such as crop circles, extraterrestrial abductions and UFOs.
In late 1991, Ms. Turner --- then Dallas-area director of MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network --- had a vision to make her mission in life "the spreading of interesting and helpful knowledge," said her ex-husband, Jim Turner.
Ms. Turner was educated at the University of Tennessee. She first worked at the Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee.
She taught high school science in the Kansas City area. Ms. Turner moved to Austin in 1972, where she did aging research, preparing electron microscope slides for the project at the University of Texas.
She met Mr. Turner, a regional encyclopedia sales manager, whom she married in 1973. The couple moved to Plano in 1979.
Mr. Turner plans to continue the Eclectic Viewpoint.
Ms. Turner is survived by her parents, Talmadge and Evelyn Carter; and a sister, Sandra Hearn, all of Asheville, N.C.
The following poem was presented at her memorial service.
Cheyenne Rode this Way
She came ahead of the group
Led by a clear-cut beam.
Few saw beyond the loop
That holds many within its seam.
She watched and waited for her cue
To reel them in - for her group must see
This genius, that icon, that saw something new.
Her love would bring us what we could be.
We were delighted, enlightened, moved at our core.
Could science heal? Our minds expanded.
All brought before us to discuss and explore
Our hide-bound ideas easily supplanted.
We choose the avenues to express our love,
Cheyenne's drive was to gather far and wide
To bless us all with vision to rise above
We salute and honor her choices with pride.
Cheyenne, your vanguard stride spurs us all.
We see you now with a wide crowd to call.
Merrily Smith
August 27, 1998
Courtesy of
Tony Cecala, The Holistic Networker
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