Sarah Lois Pitts Townsend

Sarah Lois Pitts Townsend, 76, of Lenoir, passed away at her residence Tuesday, December 28, 2010, surrounded by her loving family.Mrs. Townsend was born in Watauga County to the late Oscar Pitts and Orpha Tester Pitts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Earl Townsend; infant sons, Danny and Bobby Townsend; brothers, J.C. and Hubert Pitts; sisters, Helen Dotson, Martha Carney and Ethel Hayes. She was a mother, grandmother, great grandmother, homemaker, seamstress and a member of Poarch's Chapel in Lenoir.Survivors include her sons, Ronnie Townsend and wife, Debbie, of Warner Robbins, GA, Mike Townsend, of Lenoir, Tim Townsend and wife, Patty, of Lenoir, and Terry Townsend, of Lenoir; a daughter, Susan Townsend Norris and husband, Curtis, of Sanford; sisters, Ruth Dotson, of Boone, and Ruby Soper, of Norfolk, VA; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.A funeral service for Mrs. Townsend will be held Friday, December 31, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Poplar Grove Baptist Church in Boone with Reverend David White and Reverend Curtis Norris officiating. The burial will follow at the Pitts Family Cemetery in Boone, NC. The family will receive friends Thursday, December 30, 2010, at Pendry's Funeral Home from 6 until 8 p.m.Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Townsend, Tommy Pitts, Shane Crawford, Chad Townsend, Caleb Crawford, Jeff Siddons, Samuel Norris and Jacob Martinez. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Hayes and Brent Pitts.The Townsend family requests that memorials be made to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood Street, Lenoir, NC 28645.Online condolences to the family may be placed at www.pendrysfuneralhome.comPendry's Funeral Home is honored to be serving the Townsend family.