Marie Webb Townsend
1914 – 2011

Abilene Reporter-News
September 11, 2011

Marie Webb Townsend

Marie Webb Townsend, 97, passed away in Haskell, Texas, September 7, 2011. Services will be held at the First Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 12, 2011, in Rule, Texas with Rev. Russell Stanley officiating. Burial will be at the Rule Cemetery under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes. A visitation is schedule for Sunday, September 11, 2011, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. at Smith Family Funeral Home in Rule.

Marie was born August 14, 1914, in Haskell County to Thomas Jasper (TJ) Webb, Sr. and Lilley James. She married A.V. "Snooks" Townsend in Rule in 1932, and lived in Rule all her life. Marie was a homemaker and she also worked in administration for the Nursing Home in Haskell. She was involved with the First Baptist Church in Rule with Sunday school and cooking meals for the church.
Marie is survived by one grandson, Tim Townsend and his wife Patricia of Clinton, OK; one brother-in-law, Doyle McKennon of Rule; numerous cousins and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Snooks; her parents; one son, Travis Townsend; three brothers, T.J. Webb Jr., Emmett Webb, and Ray Webb; five sisters, Anna Lee McKennon, Minnie Fay Kincaid, Lois Carroll, Gladys Dykes, and Edith Landry.

(Obituary Submitted by Steve Munday)

 

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