Mr. Burl Turnage

Burl Turnage Obituary Burl Turnage died Friday, March 11, 2016. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 11:00AM at Kimbrell Stern. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens. Burl Turnage, born June 18, 1917, died March 11, 2016 at Seymour Southern Comforts in Bronwood, Georgia. Born in Decatur County, GA, he was the first of six children of Alvah Turnage and Gladys Pugh Turnage. He was raised and educated in Chattahoochee, FL and moved to Albany in 1940 where he was employed as a printer-pressman for A.L. Sealy Co. for a number of years. He worked as a linotype operator and proofreader for The Albany Herald for about forty years before retiring. He was married to the late Mary Alice Jones Turnage for 54 years. Burl was an avid lover of fishing, deer and turkey hunting, and rock and mineral collecting, and had a collection of rare and beautiful drusy quartz from Southwest Georgia which he later donated and is on display at the Thronteeska Museum in Albany. As a flower lover and propagator of camellias and other ornamentals, Mr. Turnage was involved for many years with the Albany Men’s Garden Club and the American Camellia Society, winning many awards at southwest Georgia camellia shows. Mr. Turnage was a member of Byne Memorial Baptist Church and Brothers in Christ Sunday School Class. He is survived by his two sons, Carl Alan Turnage (Louann) of Leesburg, GA and Timothy Burl Turnage of San Diego, CA, grandsons Jason Alan Turnage (Darci) of Canton, GA and Benjamin Carl Turnage (Lynn) of Land o’ Lakes, FL, and six great grandchildren Carlyn, Ashlyn, Lyndsey, and Logan Turnage of Land o’ Lakes, FL, Lauren Turnage of Canton, GA, and Fernanda Turnage of San Diego, CA, and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are Dan Turnage, Kenneth Turnage, Chuck Morton,and Walter Albritton. For those desiring donations may be made to Byne Memorial Baptist Church Living the Legacy, 2832 Ledo Rd., Albany, GA 31707 or Alzheimers Foundation, 1925 Century Boulevard, NE, Suite 10, Atlanta, GA, 30345-3315

Mr. Burl Turnage

June 18, 1917 - March 11, 2016