Edith Geneva Townsend, age 94 of Lester was surrounded by family when she passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Mrs. Townsend was born June 13, 1928, in Limestone County to William T. Skeets and Cassie B. Brooks.
Mrs. Townsend was a life-long member of Leggtown Church of Christ and her love of Christ was the center point of everything she did. She loved to cook, sew, read and garden; her flowerbeds were her pride and joy. She preferred that everyone just call her “Grandmother”, as she took care of everyone she met like a grandmother would. Her door was always open and her first question was always “are you hungry?’ She was happiest when her house was full of loved ones.
Visitation for Mrs. Townsend will be Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. Funeral services will be on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m., with her burial following at New Salem Cemetery.
She is survived by her son, Larry O’Neal Townsend (Della); sister Evelyn Jackson; grandchildren Wendi Townsend (Regina), LaDon Townsend (Lisa), Shalimar Hutchinson (Jonathan), Jeremy Mitchell (Melissa), Scott Townsend (Paige) and Ethan Mitchell (Gabrielle); great-grandchildren Presley Townsend, Jessica Hutchinson, Mallory Townsend, Josh Hutchinson, Nicolas Townsend, Jayce Hutchinson, Megan Townsend-Maynor, Anna Townsend, Sawyer Townsend, Daisy Mitchell and Penelope Mitchell; and great-great grandchildren Bryson Turner and Edith Jai Townsend.
Preceded in death by her parents; husband, Kenneth Fred Townsend; sisters, Nella Bassham, Clara Gooch and Annatolees Haney; brother, Allen Skeets; daughter Brenda Mitchell; daughter-in-law Enola Bailey and son-in-law Jerry Mitchell.
Pallbearers are: LaDon Townsend, Scott Townsend, Jeremy Mitchell, Ethan Mitchell, Nicolas Townsend and Josh Hutchinson. Honorary Pallbearers are Sawyer Townsend and Jayce Hutchinson.
