The funeral service capped a week of emotional events to honor Turner, who died at age 70 on March 5 in Washington, D.C.

Mourners filed into Houston's Church Without Walls Saturday — some wearing black, others in vivid shades of blue — to honor former Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner at his funeral, as a montage of ...

Family, friends and colleagues will say their final goodbyes to Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Saturday, March 15. The funeral service will cap a week of emotional events to ...

On Saturday, late Houston mayor and congressman Sylvester Turner was laid to rest during services at the Church Without Walls.

Acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Monday demanded that Gov. Greg Abbott call a special election to fill the region’s open congressional seat, even going as far as threatening legal ...

Harris County Commissioners have opted to keep Christian Menefee as the county attorney until Gov. Greg Abbott calls an ...

Sylvester Turner’s death and just over a month before ... first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District. His funeral was held in Houston on March 15. Turner was elected to ...

The public was invited to attend the funeral, but the church released a statement saying that they had reached capacity for the service.