January 23, 2025, 89, Summerlin’s Crossroads —

Mrs. Polly Brock Ivey Turner passed away early Thursday morning, January 23, 2024, in the comfort of her recliner at home.  She was 89.

Mrs. Polly had been a homemaker and farm wife for all of her life, and had worked some years at National Spinning Company, Young Squire Industries, and at Summerlin’s Crossroads General Store.  She was a long time member of Bethel Methodist Church.  She was a member of Oak Wolfe Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary and enjoyed fellowship with the Woodmen of the World.

She is survived by her three sons and their wives, Major and Paula Ivey, Yates and Becky Ivey, and Robert and Christie Ivey, all of the Summerlin’s Crossroads area; two step-sons and their wives, Roger and Tonie Turner of Raleigh, and Ronald and Linda Turner of Mount Olive; grandchildren, Sara Elizabeth Ivey Bounds and husband, Greg, Major Foy Ivey III and wife, Leslie, Stephanie Ivey Oliver and husband, Daniel, Courtney Ivey Ward and husband, Daniel, Benjamin Yates Ivey and wife, Natalie, Ashley Ivey Anderson and husband, Charlie, and Cody Barkley Ivey and wife, Savannah; great-grandchildren, Noah Lee Bounds, Naomi Isabelle Bounds, Hayden Edwards Ivey, Blakely Morgan Ivey, Luke Thomas Oliver, James Matthew Oliver, James Abner Ward, Pierce Turner Ivey, Kara Lee Ivey, Bennett Mills Ivey, Ivey Ann Anderson, Eva Claire Anderson, Ashley Kate Anderson, Thomas Paul Anderson, Robert Beau Ivey, and Baylor McInnis Ivey; and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Polly was preceded in death by her first husband, Major Foy Ivey; her second husband, Leslie Turner; her parents, Luther Abner Brock and Naomi Kilpatrick Brock; a sister, Marie Brock Murphy; and two brothers, Nathaniel Brock and Joseph Brock.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 25, at 5:30 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home with the Rev. Gene Hunt officiating.  Visitation will follow the service, and at other times, the family welcomes friends and relatives to the residence.  Committal rites and burial will be Sunday, January 26, at 2:00 p.m. at the Swinson-Ivey Cemetery.  Flowers are welcome, or memorial gifts may be made to Bethel Church, c/o Meredith McClenny, 240 Jones-Turner Road, Mount Olive, NC 28365, or to Oak Wolfe Fire Department, c/o Jack Alphin, 519 Bethel Church Road, Mount Olive, NC 28365