Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Townsend, Robert Joseph October 26, 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 September 23, 2019, 7:01 pm Norfolk Virginian Pilot October 27, 1939 Robert Joseph Townsend, aged 73, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock at his residence, 1132 Stewart street, South Norfolk, after a short illness. He was the son of George T. and Nancy Miller Townsend, a native of Norfolk, and had lived in South Norfolk 38 years. Besides his wife, Mrs. Hope Ellington Townsend, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Warden and Mrs. Tillie Fussell; two sons, Russell I. and Webster M. Townsend and one sister, Mrs. Joseph F. Marshall, all of South Norfolk. The body was removed to the J.R. Williams Funeral Home, 1027 Chesapeake avenue, South Norfolk, where funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Additional Comments: Magnolia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/t/townsend16861gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb