Agnes Townsend Calhoun (November 8, 1924 - July 24, 2010) Mrs. Agnes Townsend Calhoun, age 85, of Marion, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at her residence. Agnes was born in Avery County, November 8, 1924 to the late Millard and Cora Davis Townsend. She was retired from Belk-Broome Company. Agnes was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church and will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Harvey Frank Calhoun, a brother Ted Townsend and a sister, Alma Crowder. Saddened by this loss are four children: Gail Church and husband Roger of Marion, Phyllis Murphy and husband Doug of Shelby, Frances Baker and husband Paul of Marion, Neal Calhoun and wife Lucy of Marion; two sisters: Mabel Goforth of Sevierville, TN and Elizabeth Woody and husband Frank of Spruce Pine; nine grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren and soon to be fourteen; a number of nieces and nephews and a special friend and home health nurse Alice Puett. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Zion Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Tom Walker and Rev. Jimmy Upton officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday, July 26, 2010 from 5:00-7:00 PM at Westmoreland Funeral Home. Interment will be in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Gideon Society, PO Box 1788, Marion, NC 28752.