Mr. Thomas Wesley Turnage Obituary (1944

Mr. Wesley Turnage, 78, passed away on August 29, 2023, at The Green Houses at Traceway in Tupelo. Thomas Wesley Turnage was born on November 26, 1944, in Clay County, to the late Willie Franklin and Emogene Caradine Turnage. Mr. Wesley was a carpenter and a long haul over-the-road truck driver. He enjoyed hunting and woodworking and he loved all of his animals. He was the State of Mississippi's Dirt Track Champion for three years in a row. He married Joyce Yawn Turnage on May 20, 1989, at Palestine United Methodist Church in Montpelier. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sons-in-law: Bro. Byron Davis, Richard Megee, and Eddie Bond, and a sister-in-law, Jean McIntire. Visitation will be Friday, September 1, 2023, from 12:00-2:00 P.M. at Palestine Methodist Church in Montpelier. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 P.M. with Reverend Scott Griffin officiating and assisted by Reverend Walter Butler and Reverend Cary Sutphin. Burial will follow in Palestine Cemetery in Montpelier. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include his wife Joyce Turnage of Cedar Bluff: five daughters, Tammy Davis of Cedar Bluff, Teresa Duncan (Steve) of Montpelier, Tracy Voyles (David) of Houston, Renee Megee of Houston, Texas, and Jane Bond of Hattiesburg: one son, Dan Turnage of Hernando: ten grandchildren: seventeen great-grandchildren: one sister, Carol Young (Paul) of Pheba, and one brother-in-law, Billy Yawn (Dot) of Montgomery, Texas. Pallbearers will be Dan Turnage, Steve Duncan, Dylan Duncan, Tell Lofton, Gary Brock, Keith Thompson, Adrian Borst, Benny Borst, and Chris Cliett. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Nurses and Staff of Traceway Retirement Living in Tupelo, the Nurses and Staff of Gentiva Hospice, the 5th Floor Nurses and Staff of Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Tammy Martin, Shaundra Schauffer, and Brett Miller, N.P. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 or to the Mississippi Alzheimer's Foundation, 207 West Jackson Street; Suite F, Jackson, Mississippi 39157. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com