Obituaries

Alice Marie Townsend

Alice Marie Townsend, 90 passed away April 22, 2013. Alice was born in Lake Village, August 9, 1922 to Henry and Georgia Allen. She spent her childhood in Reydel, graduating from Pine Bluff High School. She attended Arkansas A&M and taught school in McGehee and Cornerstone. Alice married William "Dub" Townsend, Jr. in 1944. After his retirement in 1976, they moved to Pine Bluff. Alice took great pride in being a homemaker, but her greatest loves in life were family and church. She was a long-time member of Altheimer United Methodist Church. In 2001, she moved to Mountain View to be near her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Dorothy Phillips; brother, Willie Allen. Survivors include two sons, William "Dub" Townsend, III, of Springfield, Missouri and Stanley Townsend, of Mountain View; five grandchildren, William Eric Townsend, Jason Townsend, Laura Townsend, Catherine Townsend and Caroline Townsend; two great-grandsons, Andrew and Joey Townsend; and sister, Charlene Wells. Graveside services, 11 a.m. April 27, 2013 at Graceland Cemetery with Reverend George Mitchell officiating by Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors. Online register: www.ralphrobinsonandson.com. Memorials may be made to the Altheimer United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 700, Altheimer, Arkansas 72204.

Published April 25, 2013

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