A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s mayor in 2016 and 2020.

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s hearse arrives the House Chamber for a memorial service at Texas State Capitol in Austin, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Turner will lie in state ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston gathered on Saturday to pay respects to the late former mayor and U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner, who died on March 5. National and local leaders ...

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Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects, including politicians and religious leaders from Houston and broader Texas. The former mayor attended The Church Without Walls for 36 years.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston is remembering the late Sylvester Turner -- the former mayor of Houston who won election last November to fill late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's ...

allowing the public to pay their respects to the former Houston mayor and state legislator ... A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years ...