THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, January 27, 1996 TAG: 9601270190
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
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Richard ``Football'' ``Red Shirt'' Townes Jr., 45, formerly of Portsmouth, died Jan. 23, 1996.
Mr. Townes, a former construction crew leader, was a native of Nansemond County, Va. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include two daughters, LaTonya Banks and Patricia Graham; two sons, Shawn Tolliver and Petrick Tolliver; three sisters, Carrie Townes, Deborah Mosley, Paulette Turner; three grandchildren; and four aunts, Olivia Bell, Sandra Barbara Faulks, Maebell Hurdle and Arthelia Eaton.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Fisher Funeral Home by the Rev. James Anderson. Burial is in Lincoln Cemetery. The family will assemble at the funeral home at 1:45 p.m. Monday.
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