Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Tuesday, June 21, 1955

MRS. DICEY J. TURNAGE

Mrs. Dicey Jernigan Turnage, 71, of Route 2, Benson, died Sunday night at her home.

A funeral service has been slated to be held this (Tuesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Holly Grove Church with the Rev. J. M. Smith scheduled to officiate and interment planned in the Webb family cemetery.

Survivors are her husband, J. A. Turnage of Route 2,Dunn; two daughters, Mrs. Alton Barefoot of Four Oaks and Mrs. Eric Peacock of Route 3, Four Oaks; two step-daughters, Mrs. Norma Cart of Route 2, Dunn, and Mrs. Vara McLamb Turnage of Benson; one sister, Mrs. Florence Webb of Route 2, Dunn; 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.