Obituary for Patricia Renfrew (Turlington-Dees),of Goldsboro, NC 
September 14, 1939 - March 17, 2013

Patricia Renfrew (Turlington Dees) died on March 17, 2013 in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

Born in Washington D.C. on September 14, 1939, she spent her early years in Raleigh, North Carolina. After her education in Raleigh area schools, she started her career in the arts working as a commercial artist for Adler's and Mac Joseph's Women's Apparel. Pat studied professionally at Washburn University (Topeka Kansas) and at North Carolina State University School of Design. Pat led a life of creativity and her paintings can be found in many corporate and public painting collections. Renowned as a brick sculptor, her works were commissioned to appear in places throughout North Carolina as well as in New York, Florida and Wisconsin. Among the recognitions she received was the honor of being juried into the National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York - the only member so selected from the State of North Carolina. Her art has appeared on the cover of magazines and been in featured in numerous articles. Pat was invited to Salem College, Catawba Valley Community College. Wake Forest University, and Western Virginia Community College as a Visiting Artist and made numerous appearances as a Guest Lecturer at other colleges and art centers. She was an Artist in Residence at the Edward Laredo Institute of Music and the Humanities at Cochabamba, Bolivia in 1988.
 
Pat's life was devoted to creating art and also to its advocacy and appreciation. She moved to the Goldsboro Area in 1973 where she served as Executive Director of the Goldsboro Art Center from 1973-1978. Her career as an arts educator began in 1979 and continued through many years at Wayne Country Day School until 1990. She also taught generations of students at Wayne Community College from 1986-2005. Always insistent on the highest artistic standards, she was an influence in the lives of many young people.
 
Pat is survived by her two sons from her first marriage to William T. Turlington: Dr. William Troy Turlington IV and his wife Angel Warlick Turlington of Clayton, North Carolina and David Yelverton Turlington and his wife Connie Marie Turlington of Youngsville, North Carolina; sisters Katherine Renfrew Wolfe and her husband John and Marsha Renfrew Lane and her husband Todd; sister-in-law Marilyn Turino Renfrew: and beloved grandchildren William Troy Turlington V (Quinn) and Eli Warlick Turlington. Her husband, Goldsboro 

Attorney William A. Dees and her brother, Henry Wilson Renfrew, predeceased her. 

Source of Obituary:  Seymour Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 1300 Wayne Memorial Dr
Goldsboro, NC 27534

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