Catherine "Katie" (Harrison) Turner

Catherine “Katie” Turner, 82, of Orangeburg passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021, at the Agape House of Lexington.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, December 3, 2021, at St. George Baptist Church, 2590 Shillings Bridge Rd, Orangeburg.  Burial will follow at St. George Baptist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Steve Dees will be officiating.

The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 A.M. on Friday, December 3, 2021, at St. George Baptist Church prior to the funeral service.

Pallbearers will be Larry Dyches, Danny Dyches, Richard Turner, Kerry Neese, Clyde Whisenhunt, and Ray Jameson.

Mrs. Turner was born on May 26, 1939, in Denmark, S.C.  She was the daughter of the late Lonnie H. Harrison, Jr. and the late Leona Bessinger Harrison.  She was a graduate of Orangeburg High School and Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College in 1981 with a practical nursing degree and in 1991 with a registered nursing degree.  Mrs. Turner was a member of St. George Baptist Church and the Ladies Sunday School Class.  She was predeceased by her husband, James “Jimmy” D. Turner, Sr. and a granddaughter, Allyn Turner.

Survivors include her sons, James “Jay” D. Turner, Jr. of Leesville, Watt “Wattie” H. Turner (Bobbie Lou) of Reevesville; granddaughters, Kaitlynn Turner James (Alex) of Leesville, Ashlynn Turner of Yokosuka, Japan; step-grandchildren, Lillian Taylor Dukes, Robert Dukes; sister, Elaine H. Neese (Jimmy) of Cope and a number of nieces and nephews.

In Lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. George Baptist Church at 2590 Shillings Bridge Rd, Orangeburg, S.C. 29115 or to the Agape Hospice House at 128 Library Hill Ln, Lexington, S.C. 29072.