September 10, 2024, 92, Mount Olive —

Mrs. Loccie Ruth Holmes Turner, a Mount Olive resident, passed away early morning on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.  She was 92.

Born and raised in Duplin County, she had been employed as a seamstress at Burlington Industries and later was employed in the cafeteria at Carver School in Mount Olive.  Mrs. Turner had also been a childcare provider for after-school children.

Mrs. Turner is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Susie T. and Bill Cox, Phyllis T. Evans, and Ann T. Cashwell, all of Mount Olive; grandchildren, Lynwood “Junior” Cox, whose late wife was Kim, Kelly Price and wife, Katie, Elizabeth Martin and husband, Hunter, Bethany Cashwell, Brandon Cashwell, Brooke Cashwell, and Brittani Cashwell; great-grandchildren, Taylor Cox, Jenny Cox, Asher Boone Price, Landon Martin, and Kimber Martin; great-great-grandchildren, Kaelyn Warren, Aubrey Cox, Adelyn Cox, and Allison Cox; a former son-in-law, Kenneth Cashwell, of Mount Olive; and a sister, Audrey Cheek of Greenville, SC.  Also surviving are many nieces and nephews who were very dear to her heart, including Susie Sasser and Grace Nottenham.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Turner; a grandson, Ben Cashwell; her parents, Major and Betty Owens Holmes; eight siblings, Winnie H. Kennedy, Minnie H. Brown, Laura Mae H. Foss, Drifty Holmes, Dan Holmes, Clayton Holmes, Leroy Holmes, and Betty Jean H. Foss; and a niece, Patricia H. Bowden, who had been very attentive to her.

On Thursday, September 12, at 11:00 a.m. a graveside service will be held in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive, to honor the life of Mrs. Ruth Turner. Pastor Terry Heath will officiate.  Immediately following the service, the family will remain at the cemetery to greet friends and relatives.