Kenneth Turrentine, son of the late Walter L. Turrentine and Gertrude       Bryant Turrentine, was born September 18, 1949 in Stamford, CT. He         transitioned to take his place in the Lord’s kingdom on March 12, 2024.  
Beginnings 
Ken graduated from high school in Stamford, CT in 1967.  He was a talented draftsman and worked as a graphic designer for Remington Rand, where he was promoted at the young age of 18 for a design enhancement of the Remington typewriter. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served as a MARS Operator in the Vietnam War. After returning from Vietnam, Ken took courses in city planning at Baltimore City Community College.  

Ken married his soulmate, Deborah Williams Turrentine, of East Baltimore, MD on May 10, 1974. They moved to NC where they raised their four children. Kenny and Debbie loved to travel with their family and spent time on numerous Caribbean cruises and enjoyed cross-country trips to California, Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada. Together they'd visited over 48 states and 15 islands. 
Accomplishments 
Ken was an architect, designing numerous homes, churches and buildings. Early in his career he was heralded for designing the case that held George Washington’s teeth at the University of Maryland Baltimore campus. He also designed one of the early laundry chutes for the University of Maryland hospital.  In RTP NC, Ken worked as a pipe designer for the J.S. Sirine design firm and a Project Engineer for Nortel.  He designed the Japanese garden at the RTP facility and the Nortel mobile unit that toured across the U.S. and Canada, that showcased the company's latest technology switches. Ken later retired as a Crossing Inventory Engineer from the Railway Division of the NC Department of Transportation in 2016.  
Interests 
Ken was a member of Christian Provision Ministries in Sanford, NC where he volunteered in the Parking Lot ministry, and assisted with landscaping the church grounds. Prior to joining CPM, he was a member of Mt. View A.M.E. Zion where he served as a Trustee and sang baritone in the Senior choir. Ken was active in the community as a member of the Chatham Community branch NAACP and the CRC-C organizations, was an elections poll worker, and volunteered in many other community activities. He was an avid chess player and enjoyed teaching his kids and grandkids the strategy of the game. Ken's hobbies included maintaining fresh and saltwater fish, collecting coins and riding his Goldwing motorcycle. He loved his family, was grateful for the family legacy and would often share fond stories about his family.  
Family 
Ken was preceded in death by his parents Walter L. Turrentine and            Gertrude Bryant Turrentine and father- and mother-in-law, James and     Elizabeth Williams. Left to cherish his memories are his wife of almost       50 years Deborah Williams Turrentine; children, Kenisia (Steven),               Bryan, Monique (Steve), and Brandon; grandchildren Evan, Erik and           Emerie Taylor, Brayden Turrentine, Laureyan T. Trethaway, and Izabella 
Pica-Turrentine, and bonus grandchildren Stephanie, Porshia and 
Dominique Taylor, and Tyson Holmes, and goddaughter Jennifer Dunston; siblings Walter Louis Turrentine and Yvonne Walker (Rod). A host of sisters and brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.