Mamie S. Turlington, 90, of La Plata, MD, formerly of Waldorf, MD, died November 17, 2009 in Charles County Nursing Center. She was a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Waldorf, MD. Born July 17, 1919 in Mammoth, WV, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Marshall and Louisa Bradshaw Spurlock.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Douglas Turlington, Sr., sisters, Mable Snezek, Willena Wade, and brothers, Charles, William and Homer Spurlock.

She is survived by her sons, James Douglas and his wife Judy of Stafford, VA, Andrew Alden and his wife Shirley of Annapolis, MD, Arthur Edward and his wife Linda of Colonial Beach, VA, daughter Janet Lynn and her husband Lemuel P. Carpenter, Jr. of Bryantown, MD, grandchildren, Andrew Douglas and his wife Christina, Amberly and her husband Brian, Melissa and Lemuel Douglas, Scott Ward and his wife Rachel, Traci and her husband Jay Johnson and Erin Ward and Rebecca De Vanney, great-grandchilden Aiyanna, Meagan, Briella, Julia, Skylar, Justin, Taylor and Cassidy.

The family will receive friends of Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, November 20, 2009 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bushwood, MD at 11:30 AM with Fr. Eamon Dignan officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Contributions may be made to The American Heart Association, Maryland Chapter, 415 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.