Turnage is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
(Charles Scott Turnage) (1948-1988) United States Army, Awarded Silver Star, April 13th 1967 For Gallantry in Action.
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Allen H. Turnage
Allen Hal Turnage (January 3, 1891 – October 22, 1971) was a United States Marine Corps General who earned the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal while leading the 3rd Marine Division on Bougainville and Guam in World War II.
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(1891–1971), United States Marine Corps General
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Frederick E. Turnage Frederick E. Turnage (1936-2011) is the former mayor of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Born in Rocky Mount, Turnage was educated by Rocky Mount City Schools and Wake Forest University, where he received his baccalaureate degree in 1958 and his jurisdo ...
(1936–2011), North Carolina city councillor and former mayor of Rocky Mount
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Jean A. Turnage
Jean Allen Turnage (March 10, 1926 – September 27, 2015) was the chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1985 until 2000.
He was born in St. Ignatius, Montana. He served in the United States Army Air Corps after high school. He studied ...
(1926–2015), Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
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Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960), English composer of classical music
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Sheila Turnage
Sheila Turnage is an American author best known for writing '' Three Times Lucky'', which received a Newbery Honor in 2013.
Biography
Turnage was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina and studied anthropology at East Carolina University
East ...
(fl. 2010s), American author
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Thomas K. Turnage
Thomas K. Turnage (June 27, 1923 – December 10, 2000) served as the last Administrator of Veterans Affairs before the creation of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. He previously served as Director of Selective Service from Octo ...
(1923–2000), Major General and head of the Veterans Administration, husband of
Poni Adams
Betty Jane Bierce, better known by her stage name Jane "Poni" Adams (August 7, 1918 – May 21, 2014), was an American actress in radio, film, and television in the 1940s and 1950s.
Early years
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mason Bierce, A ...
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Wallace Turnage Wallace Turnage (1846 – 1916) was an escaped slave who wrote a narrative that was published for the first time in 2007.
He was born in North Carolina, and was the son of a fifteen-year-old female slave and a white man. He was sold multiple times ...
(1846–1916), escaped slave leaving behind a narrative that was published in the 2000s
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William Turnage (1942–2017), American conservationist and manager of Ansel Adams
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