Kate Audrey Turner

FLORENCE Kate Audrey Turner, daughter of Van Ward Turner, Sr., and Pearl Collins Turner was born September 21, 1021, in Florence County. She departed this life on her birthday, September 21, 2015, at her apartment in the Methodist Manor.

She graduated from Tans Bay High School in Effingham and attended business school. She was a bookkeeper for many years at Quality Motors in Florence, and later set up the bookkeeping system for Palmetto Nissan, from which she retired.

Kate was a member of Bethsaida United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the church in care of Rev. Gerald Truluck, 4713 S. Irby St., Effingham, SC 2 9541, or to a favorite charity.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Clyde Hoyt Turner and Van Ward Turner, Jr., and one sister, Emma Lee Turner Atkinson.

Kate is survived by nieces and nephews, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Turner, Redbank, SC, Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Turner, Lexington, SC, Mr. & Mrs. Doug Turner, Orange Park, FL, Miss Kathy Turner, Gaston, SC, Mr. & Mrs. Manning Richardson, Bishopville; one sister-in-law, Joyce Turner, Gaston; and several great-nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Waters-Powell Funeral Home in Florence, officiated by Rev. Gerald Truluck. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Thursday, at the funeral home and other times at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Manning Richardson, Dog Island Rd., Bishopville.

Special thanks are extended to Betsy Morgan and Sarah Ford, her dedicated friends and caretakers, and her other sitters, Betty Toney, Evelyn Fullard, Tammy Toney, Cassandra Toney, Rhonda Grubbs, and several special sitters from the Methodist Manor.

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