“She’s actually been the boss since July,” said Murfreesboro dentist Darwin Turner as he officially turned over his longtime business to new owner, Audra Rhodes of Nashville.
Murfreesboro Dental Care will keep the name, the employees and even Dr. Turner to a certain extent. Turner, 60, said he will “semi-retire” with plans to provide part-time orthodontic services at MDC.
In 1990, Turner opened his first dental practice in Murfreesboro, where he graduated from school in 1982, “downtown on the main drag.” He built and moved into the MDC’s current location just a few blocks away in 1999.
According Rhodes, a 2017 graduate of Nashville High School, the purchase of MDC is her first business venture and her first dental job since graduating from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry.
Rhodes, 25, is the daughter of Andrea and Randy Hughes of Nashville. She and husband and fellow NHS grad, Triston, have a new baby girl, Layton. Triston is the son of Julie and Mark Rhodes, also of Nashville.
The Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce hosted a welcoming ceremony last Thursday, which was well attended by family, friends, patients and local dignitaries.
Turner said he is not sure what he plans to do in semi-retirement but working on the farm and being outdoors with youngest daughter, Kristina, 17, will certainly be in the plans. Turner’s wife, Cheryl, is already retired and oldest daughter, Olivia, 23, is about the start a job in Northern Ireland.
By John Balch, The Nashville News-Leader
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