The Brief The rural community where Tina Turner grew up honored her legacy with a 10-foot statue just steps from where she went to high school. The statue shows Turner with her signature wild hairdo and holding a microphone, as if she was singing on stage. Rock n’ roll legend Tina Turner’s legacy lives on: A 10-foot statue of Turner has been unveiled in the rural Tennessee community where she grew up. New Tina Turner statueLocal perspective:The statue shows Turner with her signature wild hairdo and holding a microphone, as if she was singing on stage. Tina Turner statue (Brownsville Haywood County Chamber of Commerce via Storyful)The statue was sculpted in clay by Ajanogha in Atlanta and cast in bronze by a West Tennessee foundry, and it took about a year to complete.