Kenneth Wayne Townsend

Kenneth Wayne Townsend, 55, retired from E. M. Grubbs Sheet Metal, died Sunday, August 7, 2005 at his residence on Bailey Street. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST at the Miller Cemetery in Roan Mountain, Tennessee with Pastor Doug Caldwell and Rev. Mike Nixon officiating. The family will visit with friends Monday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors. Notes of sympathy may be sent to ww.oakesandnichols.com. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Earl Townsend and Edith Wray Townsend. He was a member of the Church of the Living God in Bethel. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Killen "Pat" Townsend of Columbia; a step-daughter, LaDonna (Bobby) Haygood of Athens, Alabama; three step-grandchildren, Barry McKinney of Huntsville, Alabama, David (Rhonda) McKinney and Bradley McKinney, both of Athens, Alabama; five step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Juanita Neeley of Kingsport, and Martha Lee Davis of Elizabethton; three brothers, Donald "Don" Townsend of Johnson City, James (Alma) Townsend of Martinsville, Virginia, and Bobby Townsend of Johnson City; an aunt, Willie Trivett of Martinsville, Virginia. He was preceded in death by a sister and four brothers. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.