Sarah Cornelia Turner's Obituary
Ms. Sarah Cornelia Turner, the daughter of the late Nezzie Wall Turner and Andrew Turner, was born on January 2, 1923 in Stanly County. She departed this earthly life on November 17 at Clear Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Mint Hill, NC.
Sarah was a member of Bennettsville A.M.E Zion Church. She was a homemaker and domestic worker. She enjoyed cooking and babysitting all her grandchildren and neighborhood children. She was a loving, caring mother, sister, friend, and neighbor. She enjoyed listening to music and watching her favorite baseball team, Atlanta Braves.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons Kevin and Clifford Turner, one granddaughter Daphne Turner and eight siblings John, Willie, Paul, Eloise, James, Mary, Pine and Maria.
She leaves to cherish her many memories to her children Minister JoAnn Ingram of Mt. Gilead, NC Bobby and Thomas of Norwood, NC, thirteen grandchildren, Cornelius, Wayne, Damien, Dorian, Sarah, Amina, Amira, Stephanie, Thomas, Tonya, Curtis, Odell and Trevor, thirty-one great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, one brother Jasper Turner of Norwood, NC and a host of nieces and nephews including Lisa, Terrance, Alice, Delano, Vanessa, David, Devron and Alvin.
The funeral service for Ms. Turner will be 1pm Wednesday, November 23, 2022 in the Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care Chapel of Albemarle with Bischop C. McArthur Sanders, Elder Cornelius West and Elder Kevin Mayhue officiating. The family will be receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6pm until 8pm at Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle.
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