NORMA SUE TURNAGE

Norma Sue Turnage was born March 6, 1944 in Wardell, Missouri. She was the daughter of Lawrence Atwood and Mary Belle Hatley Atwood.

She departed from this life in Murray, Kentucky on July 26. She was 73 years old.

Norma attended the Wardell school system and graduated as valedictorian with the class of 1962. She made straight A’s all through school. After graduating, she received a Presidential Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri University.

She was married to Mr. John A. Turnage and they had two children.

Norma was always a hard worker. She worked at lots of different places including the Bank of Hayti, Turnage Auto Parts, Big John’s Dairy Queen, and Turnage Brothers Grain Elevator. John Turnage was the Pemiscot County Treasurer and in reality, Norma ran the office for the 8 years he served. She worked for 28 years at the Consolidated Public Water office as the office manager. She was very instrumental in helping to revive the Hayti Nutrition Center, where you would often find her enjoying talking and laughing with everyone there. She enjoyed traveling and really enjoyed keeping up with everything and everyone via Facebook. All of these jobs were important to her but nothing was more important than her family, especially her grandchildren.

She was a very faithful and hardworking member of the Hayti First Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Mary Belle Atwood, and a brother, Colonial Daryl Atwood.

She is survived by one daughter, Johnna Turnage, of Murray, KY, one son and his wife, Chris and Carrie Turnage of Mayfield, KY, seven grandchildren, Thomas Allen Folz, Jonathan McCrary, Breyden Turnage, Bella Turnage, Macy Dublin, Bailey Dublin, and Tripp Dublin, a nephew, Daryl Lawrence Atwood and a niece, Thesa Atwood Roepke, other relatives, and many friends.

Funeral services were held Saturday, July 29 at 3:00 p.m at the Hayti First Baptist Church. Rev. Phill Hall officiated. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Bobby Powell, Jerome Stone, Dewey Shuburte, Thomas Allen Folz, Johnathan McCrary, Breyden Turnage, and Tripp Dublin.

H.S. Smith Funeral Home in charge of services.