Mary Eleanor Turnage

LaGrange – Mrs. Mary Eleanor “Black” Hill Turnage, 79, of 2325 N. Beston Road, died Sunday morning at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

A native of Wayne County, Mrs. Turnage was the daughter of the late Roland R. Hill and Julia Parks Hill and was a retired sales associate with Leder’s and Proffitt’s. She was an avid gardner and was a member of Hood Swamp Friends Meeting.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Lynn Faw, Linwood Johnson and F.G. Alford officiating. Interment will be Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park.

Mrs. Turnage is survived by her husband, Alvin “Bummy” Turnage; her daughter, Cathy Turnage of LaGrange; her son, Elton Turnage and wife, Brinda of LaGrange; her grandchildren, Dean Turnage and wife, Angie of Snow Hill and Phillip Turnage of LaGrange; her great-grandchildren, Dena Turnage, Kasey Turnage and Ally Turnage; her sister, Edna Hill Sauls of LaGrange; and her lifetime friends, Kathleen, Gordon and Don Owens.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Hood Swamp Friends Meeting, care of Randy Weaver, 332 Corbett Road, Goldsboro, NC 27530.

The family will greet friends following the service on Tuesday at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at her residence.