MaryAnne Bord Turlington

MaryAnne “Peachy” Bord Turlington of Brunswick, Georgia, passed away on January 29, 2021 – 46 months to the day after losing the love of her life.

MaryAnne was born on 01-09-1952, in New Hartford, N.Y. to Warren W. Bord & Kathleen R. Wurz Bord, and was the youngest of 5 children, Kathleen R. Bord Farmer (Douglass), Sharon E. Bord Harrington (Robert), Warren Thomas Bord (Rose), and Richard A. Bord (Carolyn).

MaryAnne had a passion for her pets, sewing, crafts, gardening, music, and an extreme love for the many Humming Birds she fed every summer in Washington, Wyoming, and Georgia. Her love of music was deep, including country hits played at the Wyo Rodeo she attended with Amanda and Kayli. MaryAnne asks that you listen to Joey & Rory, “When I’m Gone,” a song that got her through since 2017.

On January 17,1979, MaryAnne married the love of her life, William (Bill) E. Turlington (who lost his battle to Leukemia on 3-29-2017 at home surrounded by family & friends. She leaves behind 2 daughters, Tracy A. Conant (Spokane, WA) and Amanda R. Turlington (Laramie, WY) and son Ronald W. Turlington (Orlando, FL); Four exquisite grandchildren, Chastity, Kayli, Trinity and Connor; and 2 great grandchildren, Gage and Kennedy.

MaryAnne was a volunteer at Suncrest Elementary school while the kids were growing up. She also worked, in later years, for J.C.Penney’s at Shadle Center, Spokane, WA, then self-employed for 8 years cleaning houses in the Spokane area. In 1989 she was employed pt. time with EWU @ the Sports & Rec Center. After 5 years of part time she way hired on full time in Accounts Payable at EWU, where she spent 3 years, then transferred into the Information Technology department for 12 years, taking an early retirement in September 2009.

Though she tried to live in Wyoming with her daughter Amanda and granddaughter Kayli. However, it never felt like home for her. In 2019, MaryAnne moved to Brunswick, GA, where she made great friends overnight. Her neighbors smile when they think about all of the food she always made and delivered to them, especially her famous banana bread. MaryAnne completed her first 5k in February 2020, The Bridge Run. Her smile as she crossed the finish line represents how often she gave her all, in everything she did, at every point in her life.

MaryAnne loved the many phone calls she received from her daughter Amanda each week. She cherished the daily phone calls from her granddaughter Kayli. MaryAnne loved so many people across the states, and they all loved her back. Please visit her Facebook page for a small sliver of photos from the life she celebrated, a time on this earth that was over too soon.

Her last phone call was from Kayli, on speaker phone, as MaryAnne and Amanda drove to the beach. The next 15 minutes were spent loving and laughing. She said how good the sun felt on her face, how beautiful the water looked with the birds flying over it. Her last moments were in the arms of Amanda, who held her so close and didn’t want to let her go.

MaryAnne, hug and hold Bill until we can see you again!