Services for Ira H. Townsend of Brookhaven are at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 23, at the Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Easthaven Cemetery.
Townsend, 88, died April 21, 1991, at Haven Hall. A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of Robert and Rosa Bush Townsend. He was retired from the brick yard and a member of Easthaven Baptist Church.
Survivors include; daughter, Ola R. Eagen of Brookhaven; two grandchildren; three great - grandchildren.
OBIT CORRECTIONS:
1. One grandchild, Patricia Lyn Davis Arnold, married to Robbie Wilfred Arnold.
2. Two great grandchildren, Cathy Lyn Arnold, and Jackie Ann Arnold
3. Also preceded in death by his youngest daughter Viola Katherine Townsend Davis Cummings
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. Farmer in the East Lincoln community in Brookhaven, MS
in the 1930s.
2. Owned and operated the White House Café, in Brookhaven,
MS in the early to middle 1950s.
Services for Ira H. Townsend of Brookhaven are at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 23, at the Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Easthaven Cemetery.
Townsend, 88, died April 21, 1991, at Haven Hall. A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of Robert and Rosa Bush Townsend. He was retired from the brick yard and a member of Easthaven Baptist Church.
Survivors include; daughter, Ola R. Eagen of Brookhaven; two grandchildren; three great - grandchildren.
OBIT CORRECTIONS:
1. One grandchild, Patricia Lyn Davis Arnold, married to Robbie Wilfred Arnold.
2. Two great grandchildren, Cathy Lyn Arnold, and Jackie Ann Arnold
3. Also preceded in death by his youngest daughter Viola Katherine Townsend Davis Cummings
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. Farmer in the East Lincoln community in Brookhaven, MS
in the 1930s.
2. Owned and operated the White House Café, in Brookhaven,
MS in the early to middle 1950s.
Family Members
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Isaac Andrew "Uncle Ike" Townsend
1896–1969
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John Allen Townsend Sr
1898–1983
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Charles Webb Townsend
1899–1962
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Noah Jefferson Townsend
1901–1905
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Lela Mae Townsend Durham
1904–2001
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Estus James Townsend
1906–2000
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L. B. Townsend
1908–1989
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Cora Mae Townsend Gardner
1910–2005
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Twin Townsend
1916–1916
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Twin Townsend
1916–1916
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