Earlene Faulkner Turner

Mrs. Earlene Faulkner Turner, 76, departed this life on Wednesday July 24, 2019 at her residence. Born Dec. 8, 1942 in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late Earl Faulkner and Annie Wilson Faulkner. She was educated in the public schools of Rowan County and was a graduate of Dunbar High School, East Spencer and was a 1964 graduate of Livingstone College where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education. She did further studies at NC A&T State University, Greensboro. She was a teacher with the Rowan Salisbury School System and retired after 35 years of educating and molding children to be the best they could be. She was member of Whosoever Will Let Them Come Church, Spencer where she was Mother of the Church, Deaconess, Finance Ministry, Sunday School Teacher and One of the Founding Members of the Church. She was a former member of Jerusalem Baptist Church where she also served as an Usher. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Turner Sr. and brothers, Richard Lee Faulkner and Marion Faulkner. She leaves precious and loving memories to her daughter, Myrna (Belton) Petteway of Lexington; sons, Thomas Turner Jr. and Timothy Ingram, both of Charlotte; fiancé of 40 years, James Cleo Jones of Mocksville; and two sisters-in-law, Jeanette Jones of Greensboro and Edrena Beatty of Granite Quarry. She also had women in her life she considered as sisters, Elizabeth Wansley, Vivian Kesler, Edrena Beatty, Mildred Corpening (deceased), Willie Jane Boyd (deceased), Mae Ethel Allen (deceased), Brenda Clinding, Yvonne Mixson. She is also survived by a host of cousins, relatives and friends. Arrangements: Services will be held on Monday, July 29, 2019 at Whosoever Will Let Them Come Church, 318 Eighth St., Spencer with visitation at 12 p.m. and funeral at 1 p.m. Burial will follow at White Rock AME Zion Church Cemetery, Granite Quarry with Bishop Chris F. Brown, officiating and Pastor Patricia A. Brown, Eulogist. The family will be at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Edrena Beatty, 185 Aggrey Ave., Granite Quarry the remainder of the time. Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Inc. is serving the family. Online condolences may be sent to www.nobleandkelsey.com.