Obit of Townsend, Johnnie W. - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

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::Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens--Clovis NM

Johnnie W. Townsend

CLOVIS, N.M. - Johnnie W. Townsend, 80, died Monday, May 10, 1999.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Lawn Haven Memorial 
Gardens with the Rev. Bob Williams officiating. Arrangements are by 
Muffley Funeral Home.

Mr. Townsend was born in Ada, Okla., and had been a lifetime resident 
of the Clovis area. He married Louise Adcox in 1939 at Clovis. He 
served as a master sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War 
II. He then owned and operated Johnnies Drive-Inn from 1943 to 1970. 
He also owned El Patio Restaurant in Clovis and the Gilmer-Vaughn-
Townsend Insurance Agency until his retirement. He also farmed near 
Ranchvale. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a past 
president of the Noonday Lions Club.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Tommy Townsend of Clovis and 
Chuck Townsend of Albuquerque; a sister, Mable Rogers of Clovis; five 
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Plains Regional Medical Center 
Home Health Care.

Amarillo Globe-News, May 12, 1999
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