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Townsend, Leslie Bernard

  • Thursday, July 9, 2020

Leslie Bernard Townsend, Sr. 59, of Chattanooga, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020, at his residence.   

He was a 1978 graduate of Brainerd High School. He was a member at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church where he served on the Usher Ministry. Leslie retired from Mueller Company as a machinist.  

He was preceded in death by his son, Leslie Townsend, Jr.; father, William Townsend, Sr.; mother, Helen Satterwhite; grandparents, Johnny and Juanita Pride and Leola Lucas; brother, William Townsend, Jr.  

Survivors include his sons, Robert (Britney) Hyter, II and Bernard (Derenda) Hyter; seven grandchildren; brothers, Alphonza (Denise) Townsend and Edmund (Carlotta) Townsend; sister, Deborah (William, III) Simpson, all of Chattanooga; aunt, Maxine Patterson of Memphis; and a host of other relatives and friends.  

Leslie will lie in state on Wednesday, July 15, at 9 a.m. at Taylor Funeral Home with the family service to follow at 1 p.m. with Bishop William Simpson as the eulogist.  

Burial will be in Tyner Cemetery.

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