Background
TURNACE, Needham C. was born on May 12, 1888 in Clayton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jesse and Sarah (Smith) Turnage.
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Needham C. TURNACE
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High School; University of North Carolina. Baltimore Law School. National. University Law School.
Career
Admitted to Bar, 1912. In active practice since admission. Enlisted in army as private, 1918.
Discharged as Battalion Sergeant Major, at end of war. Appointed United States Commissioner 1923, serving second term. Served as Master, St. John’s Lodge, No.
11, F.A.A.M., 1924, also pres, of Masters Association, 1924. Past Patron, O. E.S. Member Board of Directors Masonic and Eastern Star House, District of Columbia Instructor.
Law, Pace Institute. (now Benjamin Franklin U.) since 1916. Trustee, School Endowment Fund. Special lecturer at several colls.
Author of a group of articles on Masonic Jurisprudence, 1915. Law article on Gift 1917.
Membership
Member: American and Diet, of Colonel Bar Associations. Columbia Historical. Society. Federation Bar Association.
United States Commissioners Association. N. Carolina Society; Masons. American Legion (charter).
Clubs: National. Press, Beaver Dam Company.
Connections
Spouse Mabel Cleveland Godwin, October 2, 1922, Baltimore, Maryland.
