Veda Mae Townes
- Pickens, SC
Veda Mae Grant Townes, 81, of 1173 East Preston McDaniel Road, died Thursday, February 16, 2006, at her home. A lifelong resident of Pickens County, she was the daughter of the late J. Walter and Addie Hudson Grant. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry Alfred Townes.
Mrs. Townes retired from Singer Company, and worked five years after retirement as a bus assistant with Pickens County Schools. She was a member of Bethany Church of God.
Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law Joan and John Jackson of Landrum; one son, A. Lynn Townes of Pickens; one grandson, Keven H. Jackson of Landrum; seven sisters, Bernice Couch, Inez Grant, Bertha Townes, Dorothy Dodgens, Elizabeth Eades, Lou Grant, and Katie Grant, all of Pickens; four brothers,Rev. James Bill Grant of Simpsonville, Cecil H. Grant of Pickens, Rev. Donald W. Grant of Salem, and Joseph W. Grant of Pickens.
Funeral services will be Saturday, February 18, 2006, at 3:00 pm at the Bethany Church of God with Reverends Roger Stephens, Leon Parker, and Bennie Durham officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
The body is at the Robinson Funeral Home-Downtown, Easley, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Friday and will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The family is at the residence.
Robinson Funeral Home-Downtown, Easley, is assisting the family with arrangements.