Eva Townsend

Eva Townsend

1924-2016

Services for Eva Carroll Townsend, 91, of Canton, were held June 25, 2016, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with the Rev. James Nickell officiating.

Graveside services were held at Haven of Memories Memorial Park in Canton.

Mrs. Townsend died June 23, 2016, in Tyler.

She was born Sept. 6, 1924, in Odell  to George and Theatus Jarman Davis.

She was a longtime member of Little Hope Baptist Church where she served in the nursery, with vacation Bible school, and on the hospitality committee. She was raised in Canton where she graduated from Canton High School in 1941.

She married her husband, Tillery Townsend, in June 1941 and they raised their family in Carrollton.

 They retired to Canton in 1971 where they built their home on family land.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Tillery Townsend; daughter, Carolyn Walker; infant daughter, Kathy Townsend; and sister, Geneva Townsend.

She is survived by her son, Gary Townsend; son, Danny Townsend; grandson, Kevin and Misty Carder; granddaughter, Kristy and Tom Weger; grandson, Bryan Townsend; great-grandchildren, Megan Carder, Morgan Carder, Kate and Shaden Clark, Claire Weger, John Weger; niece, Joyce and Johnny Vick; and nephew, Davie and Glenda Townsend.