Karen Turner:
CLASS OF 1980
Trinity High SchoolClass of 1980
Euless, TX
Bishop Conwell High SchoolClass of 1980
Levittown, PA
Bensalem High SchoolClass of 1980
Bensalem, PA
Bishop Egan High SchoolClass of 1980
Fairless hills, PA
Our Lady of Fatima SchoolClass of 1976
Bensalem, PA
Karen's Story
In 10th grade, our family moved to Texas in 1977, to be closer to my mother's family. I graduated from Trinity High School in 1980.
I was known for singing loudly in my apartment with the headphones on oblivious, of everything going on around me. One of my friends lived with her boyfriend downstairs and they would frequently pop in unannounced. Her boyfriend heard me singing Mistral Wind by Heart and suggested I try out as the singer in his band, Saphyre. They're way of teaching me how to sing from my diaphram was by locking me in the garage until I figured it out, lol.
This was the start of my allustrious singing career, lol.
I met my first husband in 1981. He was a coworker at Xerox Corp. He was 17 years my senior. We moved to El Paso, Texas in 1982.
We divorced in 1986 and I moved back to DFW. I married again in 1988 and my daughter Samantha was born in 1990.
In 1994, I sat in with a friend of mine's band because the singer had laryngitis. A writer from a local magazine heard me and gave my name and number to a great southern rock and blues band (Second Nature) that was looking for a singer. These guys were professional musicians, way out of my league. I had never played in a bar before, but they didn't know that, lol. I got the job and then realized we were playing the biggest bar in Dallas in 3 weeks.
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se I married the guitarist of Second Nature in 1998. We have a son, James that was born in 2000.
We are still performing as Second Nature, albeit with a change in drummer and bassist, since 2005. We are lucky to have loyal fanbase that has followed up over the years.
I'm a Market Development Rep for the West TX territory at Availity, LLC.
We live in Arlington, Texas right around the corner from the horrible new Cowboys stadium.
My dad passed suddenly in 1998 from an abdominal aneuryism. Mom is 86 yrs old, but you would never know it. She lives 20 minutes away and is in great health.
My daughter Samantha turned 19 on June 19th and is a very talented cosmetologist.
James attends catholic school at St. Maria Goretti in Arlington, Texas. He will be in 3rd grade this August.
Update November 2009: Filed for divorce on 11/24/09. Should have done this years ago.
Updated May 2010: Divorce almost final. Can't wait for this hell to end. :)
Update: 10/18/10 Divorce final!! My first real love when I was 15, Darrell Byars, finally told me how he felt after 32 years! I feel like I'm livin in a dream, I am so happy. My daughter is expecting a little boy, Elliott on December 26th, we're looking forward to having a baby around! My son is doing well under the circumstances.
9/3/14 I am a Senior Provider Relations Rep for HealthSmart World Trade Center Health Plan.
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