Mrs. Delois Turnage

January 25, 1931 - February 26, 2021

Delois Taylor Turnage, the daughter of the late Thurston Taylor and Ethel Carr Taylor, was born in Martin County on January, 25, 1931. She peacefully departed this earthly life on Friday, February 26, 2021. On February 17, 1954, she married the late Eddie Turnage, and relocated to Bronx, New York. She was a devoted wife and mother. She was preceded in death by her husband Eddie Turnage, and daughter Alice Duncan. She leaves to cherish her memory, four daughters, Barbara Cuffee (John) of Millsboro, DE; Gloria Tyson (Jasper) of Greenville, NC; Carol Turnage of Arizona; and Anita Francis of Bronx , NY; two brothers, Douglas Taylor (Delores) of Greenville, and NC; James Taylor (Sylvia) of Norwalk, CT; four sisters-in-law, Lula Jane Turnage of Greenville, NC; Letha Speaker of Snow Hill, NC; Doris Suggs of Maury, NC; and Sadie O’Neal (Neal) of Temple Hills, MD; and one brother-in-law, Jefferson Turnage (Debbie) of Bronx, NY; fifteen grandchildren, forty-two great-grandchildren, and eleven great-great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends; and two goddaughters, Gwen Mooring, and Sheila Taylor, both of Greenville, NC.