Services for Eva Pearl Townsend of Brookhaven were 11 a.m.,Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Harrigill Funeral Home Chapel with burial inEasthaven Cemetery.

Mrs. Townsend, 73, died Sept. 9, 2001, at King’s DaughtersMedical Center. She was born in Mississippi on March 29, 1928, toTheodore Ernest Mixon and Sarah Eva Herrington Mixon.

She was a beautician. She was a member of Central BaptistChurch.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Marcus L.Townsend Jr.; and her sister, Hazel Brumfield.

Survivors are her son, Ronnie S. Townsend of Brookhaven; herdaughters, Nona Trout of Meadville and Shelia Adams of Lafayette,La.; her brother, Lloyd E. Mixon of McComb; her sisters, LessieWeir of Ruth, Lois Durio of Lafayette, La., Eula Bea Williamson ofBrookhaven, and Nell Martin of Fernwood; and seven grandchildrenand six great-grandchildren.