They youngest daughter of the late Thomas Manly and Ila Vaughn Hudson, she grew up in the Brushy Creek community. She attended North Greenville Academy (1937). After graduating from Winthrop College (1941), she taught home economics at Everett School in Winnsboro, SC and Easley High School. She and Boyd married in 1943.
As a pastor’s wife, Mrs. Turner was active in all phases of church work at Welcome, Brandon and Sans Souci Baptist churches. After her husband’s retirement, she shared in his ministry as interim pastor of several churches, including Piedmont Park, Edwards Road, Mountain Creek, Buncombe Road and Reedy Fork Baptist churches (all in the Greenville area), Cedar Springs Baptist Church (Spartanburg) and Fairview Baptist Church (Landrum). She served five years as the Women’s Missionary Union Director of Greenville Baptist Association, and five years on the General Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. She retired in 1987 after fourteen years of teaching in the Developmental Studies Program of Greenville Technical College.
She is survived by three sons: John A. Turner (Sue), Thomas B. Turner (Jeanne), and Manly H. Turner (Jody). She had four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Hudson, Sr., and two sisters, Lucille Tate and Lorene Robinson.
Visitation will be held at Mackey Mortuary Friday, July 27, 2018 at 1:00 pm. A service of thanksgiving in the Chapel will follow at 2:00 pm, with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Rev. Jimmie Harley, Rev. Johnna Camp and Rev. Thomas B. Turner will serve as ministers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the T. Manly and Ila V. Hudson Endowment Fund at North Greenville University, PO Box 1892, Tigerville, SC 29688.
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