Obituaries: Lee Townsend, 1972, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 30, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Lee Townsend, 77, Succumbs; Rites Saturday

Lee Townsend, 77, of Winnfield, died Thursday afternoon, August 24, 1972, in
the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria following a long illness.

Mr. Townsend was a native of Winn Parish and a member of the First United
Methodist Church.  He was a veteran of World War I and retired from the
Louisiana Highway Department.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Southern Funeral Home
Chapel in Winnfield with the Rev. Calvin Phelps officiating.  Burial was in
the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield.

Survivors include three brothers, Henry Townsend of Joyce, Charlie Townsend of
Newton, Texas, and Jesse Townsend of Lake Charles; a sister, Mrs. S. G.
McDaniel of Winnfield.

Pallbearers were Harper Terrill, Willard Harlan, Kenneth Tarver, James Hardy
Smith, Dudley Shell, and Denton Shell.