Funeral celebrant urges mourners to look after Jarrod Leigh Turner’s two young boys

Jarrod Leigh Turner’s family and friends were urged to keep an eye on the Gagebrook man’s two young sons as they gathered for his funeral.

JARROD Leigh Turner’s family and friends were urged to keep an eye on the Gagebrook man’s two young sons as they gathered for his funeral.

Mr Turner, who died after a gunshot wound to the head, was farewelled at Millingtons’ Mornington chapel this afternoon, and laid to rest at the Pontville Cemetery.

“I cannot say anything nice about what happened,” celebrant Rodney Bester said during the funeral that was live-streamed on the Millingtons website.

Celebrant Rodney Bester at today’s funeral for Jarrod Leigh Turner, who died after a gunshot wound to the head.

“We should not be here here, none of us should be here. Sometimes life can bring us so much good times ... and then it can be just so f...ing cruel,” Mr Bester said.

“Every person here it’s your job to keep your eye on them two little boys and make sure that they never, ever forget their daddy,” Mr Bester said.

The chapel was full of mourners and people were standing outside.

Tributes have also been posted on Mr Turner’s Facebook page.

“I’ll see you today, and [your] boys will be beside me to send our last goodbyes,” Teejay Harrison wrote this morning.

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Jarrod Turner. Picture: FACEBOOK

“Sending our love up there wherever you are jaytee! You’ll always have a mate in me.”

Mr Turner’s body was found by a member of the public on the side of Colebrook Rd, about 2km north of Richmond, shortly before 6am on April 14.

Shannon James Duffy has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Turner.

NOT GUILTY PLEA TO SHOOTING MURDER OF JARROD LEIGH TURNER

Mr Duffy, 30, of Gagebrook, entered the plea before Magistrate Sam Mollard on Monday morning.

He was arrested in Fingal, in the state’s North-East, on Friday and charged on Sunday.

Mr Mollard remanded Mr Duffy in custody to appear in the Supreme Court on July 22.

Jemma Rumley-Cantrell, 22, of Gagebrook, was also arrested in Fingal on Friday and was charged on Sunday with failing to report a killing and being an accessory after the fact to murder.

Ms Rumley-Cantrell also appeared before Mr Mollard on Monday. She was granted conditional bail and is due to reappear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on May 21.

A 14-year-old girl allegedly linked to the killing was charged on Thursday with being an accessory after the fact to murder. She did not apply for bail when she appeared in court later that day and was remanded in custody.