Helen Turner Smith

Published 9:21 am Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Helen Turner Smith, 92, of 430 Skyuka Road, Columbus died Monday, April 11, 2011 in St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus.
Born in Landrum, Helen was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Alice Carruth Turner and was the widow of Sidney G. Smith, who died in 1979. A graduate of Asheville Teachers College, she taught most of her 30-plus years in the Polk County Schools and was a member of the Polk County Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Tryon First Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Susan S. McHugh (Tom) of Saluda and Joan S. Feagan (Phillip) of Columbus; one brother, James Turner of Monroe, N.C., and two grandchildren, Alice Feagan of Eugene, Ore., and Phil Feagan of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16, 2011 in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbus, with Rev. Jeff Harris and her nephew Rev. Tom Turner officiating.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, Orthopaedic Project, 101 Hospital Drive, Columbus, N.C. 28722.
An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.
McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.