Janet Townsend

Willow Spring, NC:  Mrs. Janet Barbour Townsend age 65 of 837 Shadow Lakes Dr. died Saturday at Wake  Medical Center in Cary. Funeral services will be 1:00PM Tuesday at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be the Revs. R. B. Parrish and Mike Courtney. Burial will follow in Fellowship Community Cemetery, Angier.             Mrs. Townsend was born August 5, 1949 in Johnston County to the late Vonzo Barbour and Mary Louise Turner Barbour Collier. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roger Townsend, Sr.; a stepdaughter, Lisa Townsend; and brothers, Mitchell Barbour and Donald Barbour. Mrs. Townsend was a homemaker and member of Friendly Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.             Surviving include daughter, Shelia Townsend-Phillips of Apex ; son, Roger Townsend, Jr., and spouse, Carolyn of Benson; stepchildren, Tommy Townsend of Youngsville, NC., Mike Townsend of Charlotte, and Jeff Townsend of Greenwood, South Carolina; sisters & spouses, Shirley & Horace Lee, and Linda & Jerry Don McLamb all of Benson; 14 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.             Family will receive friends 6:00PM to 8:00PM Monday at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson.