Vernon Townsend - JOHNSON CITY
Vernon Dale Townsend, 72, 129 Rockingham Road, Johnson City, passed away Friday, November 12, 2010, at his residence.
He was a native of Banner Elk, NC, and a son of the late Fred and Gladys Norwood Townsend. Mr. Townsend was a retired Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army, having served as a Medical Specialist during the Berlin Crisis and Vietnam Era.
After retirement he had worked at North Side Hospital as an Anesthesia Nurse Supervisor.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Headrick Townsend, in 1996; and a sister, Regina Sterling.
Survivors include a daughter, Monique Rothe and her husband, Michael, of Brandon, Florida; a sister, Lolita Puterbaugh and her husband, Neal, of Boiling Springs, SC; two grandsons, Jonathan Alexander Caskey and Roland Ivan Caskey; three nephews, Michael Scott Sterling, Murfreesboro, Russell Dean Sterling, Marietta, GA, and Edward Neal Puterbaugh, Hendersonville, NC.
The funeral service for Mr. Townsend will be conducted at 7:00 PM Monday, November 15, 2010, in the Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home with Dr. Paull Dixon officiating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 5:00 PM until service time.
Graveside service with full military honors will be held t 1:00 PM Tuesday, November 16, 2010, in the Roselawn Memory Gardens, Johnson City. Everyone attending is asked to meet at the cemetery by 12:50 PM for this service.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials be made to the Toys for Tots, ℅ Staff Sgt. Shelby, 251 Donald May Road, Johnson City, TN 37615.
Condolences may be made online at www.wadugger.com.
Vernon Dale Townsend, 72, 129 Rockingham Road, Johnson City, passed away Friday, November 12, 2010, at his residence.
He was a native of Banner Elk, NC, and a son of the late Fred and Gladys Norwood Townsend. Mr. Townsend was a retired Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army, having served as a Medical Specialist during the Berlin Crisis and Vietnam Era.
After retirement he had worked at North Side Hospital as an Anesthesia Nurse Supervisor.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Headrick Townsend, in 1996; and a sister, Regina Sterling.
Survivors include a daughter, Monique Rothe and her husband, Michael, of Brandon, Florida; a sister, Lolita Puterbaugh and her husband, Neal, of Boiling Springs, SC; two grandsons, Jonathan Alexander Caskey and Roland Ivan Caskey; three nephews, Michael Scott Sterling, Murfreesboro, Russell Dean Sterling, Marietta, GA, and Edward Neal Puterbaugh, Hendersonville, NC.
The funeral service for Mr. Townsend will be conducted at 7:00 PM Monday, November 15, 2010, in the Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home with Dr. Paull Dixon officiating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 5:00 PM until service time.
Graveside service with full military honors will be held t 1:00 PM Tuesday, November 16, 2010, in the Roselawn Memory Gardens, Johnson City. Everyone attending is asked to meet at the cemetery by 12:50 PM for this service.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials be made to the Toys for Tots, ℅ Staff Sgt. Shelby, 251 Donald May Road, Johnson City, TN 37615.
Condolences may be made online at www.wadugger.com.
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