THE PARIS NEWS, June 28, page 3. - CLARKSVILLE - Paulene "Nannie/Polly" Townes, 95, of the Lone Star community, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011, at her residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, in Lindeman Chapel of Clarksville Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim Horton officiating. Burial is to follow in Bogata Cemetery under the direction of Clarksville Funeral Home. The family receives friends an hour before service time at the funeral home.
She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Bogata to Richard Malcom "Mack" and Jewel Hicks Townes. She was a multi-talented musician and played the piano many years at Maro Pentecostal Church at Pine Branch. She also played the French harp and mandolin, but her favorite instrument was the fiddle. She loved to read the local paper and especially her Bible. She took her niece and nephew to Sunday school and taught them scriptures for the Band Booster Club. Her life honored the Lord and her elders. She always had a happy smile for all the doctors and caring nurses who looked after her.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Dee, Rubin and Dillon Townes; and two sisters, Betty Lou Horton and Hallie Matt Townes, who died two weeks ago to the day.
Survivors include her brother, Earl Townes, of the Lone Star community; four nephews, Ben Townes, of the Lone Star community, Don Horton, of Clarksville, Kenneth Horton, of Austin, and Tim Horton, of Rogers, Ark.; two nieces, Jewel Alice Cox, of Humble, and Margaret Ann Rhea, of Mount Vernon; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Ross Eilers, Jeff Goodman, Jody Street, Randy Rhea, Justin Townes and Harold Rhea.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8.
She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Bogata to Richard Malcom "Mack" and Jewel Hicks Townes. She was a multi-talented musician and played the piano many years at Maro Pentecostal Church at Pine Branch. She also played the French harp and mandolin, but her favorite instrument was the fiddle. She loved to read the local paper and especially her Bible. She took her niece and nephew to Sunday school and taught them scriptures for the Band Booster Club. Her life honored the Lord and her elders. She always had a happy smile for all the doctors and caring nurses who looked after her.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Dee, Rubin and Dillon Townes; and two sisters, Betty Lou Horton and Hallie Matt Townes, who died two weeks ago to the day.
Survivors include her brother, Earl Townes, of the Lone Star community; four nephews, Ben Townes, of the Lone Star community, Don Horton, of Clarksville, Kenneth Horton, of Austin, and Tim Horton, of Rogers, Ark.; two nieces, Jewel Alice Cox, of Humble, and Margaret Ann Rhea, of Mount Vernon; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Ross Eilers, Jeff Goodman, Jody Street, Randy Rhea, Justin Townes and Harold Rhea.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8.
THE PARIS NEWS, June 28, page 3. - CLARKSVILLE - Paulene "Nannie/Polly" Townes, 95, of the Lone Star community, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011, at her residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, in Lindeman Chapel of Clarksville Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim Horton officiating. Burial is to follow in Bogata Cemetery under the direction of Clarksville Funeral Home. The family receives friends an hour before service time at the funeral home.
She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Bogata to Richard Malcom "Mack" and Jewel Hicks Townes. She was a multi-talented musician and played the piano many years at Maro Pentecostal Church at Pine Branch. She also played the French harp and mandolin, but her favorite instrument was the fiddle. She loved to read the local paper and especially her Bible. She took her niece and nephew to Sunday school and taught them scriptures for the Band Booster Club. Her life honored the Lord and her elders. She always had a happy smile for all the doctors and caring nurses who looked after her.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Dee, Rubin and Dillon Townes; and two sisters, Betty Lou Horton and Hallie Matt Townes, who died two weeks ago to the day.
Survivors include her brother, Earl Townes, of the Lone Star community; four nephews, Ben Townes, of the Lone Star community, Don Horton, of Clarksville, Kenneth Horton, of Austin, and Tim Horton, of Rogers, Ark.; two nieces, Jewel Alice Cox, of Humble, and Margaret Ann Rhea, of Mount Vernon; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Ross Eilers, Jeff Goodman, Jody Street, Randy Rhea, Justin Townes and Harold Rhea.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8.
She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Bogata to Richard Malcom "Mack" and Jewel Hicks Townes. She was a multi-talented musician and played the piano many years at Maro Pentecostal Church at Pine Branch. She also played the French harp and mandolin, but her favorite instrument was the fiddle. She loved to read the local paper and especially her Bible. She took her niece and nephew to Sunday school and taught them scriptures for the Band Booster Club. Her life honored the Lord and her elders. She always had a happy smile for all the doctors and caring nurses who looked after her.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Dee, Rubin and Dillon Townes; and two sisters, Betty Lou Horton and Hallie Matt Townes, who died two weeks ago to the day.
Survivors include her brother, Earl Townes, of the Lone Star community; four nephews, Ben Townes, of the Lone Star community, Don Horton, of Clarksville, Kenneth Horton, of Austin, and Tim Horton, of Rogers, Ark.; two nieces, Jewel Alice Cox, of Humble, and Margaret Ann Rhea, of Mount Vernon; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Ross Eilers, Jeff Goodman, Jody Street, Randy Rhea, Justin Townes and Harold Rhea.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8.
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