Melvin E. "Blue" Townsend

Melvin E. "Blue" Thompson, 85 years, slipped peaceable away Friday January 18, 2019 at the Alcoa Pines Nursing and Rehab Center in Benton, Ark. Service Saturday February 2, 2019 at 11 a.m. New Hope Baptist Church, 1851 Howard St., Little Rock, Ark. Services entrusted to Premier Funeral Home, 1518 Battery St., Little Rock, Ark. 501 376-4800.