Martin Co., Texas - Obits: Betty Slough Townsend ================================================ Submitted to the Martin County, TXGenWeb by: Michelle White ================================================ STANTON -- Betty Slough Townsend died Sunday, April 1. She was born March 15, 1923 in Oplin, to Robert Pierce Slough and Sarah Annie Johnson. Sept. 10, 1953 she married Ira Townsend. Preceding her in death was her husband; sister, Roberta Stephenson; brother, Paul Slough; and her parents. She is survived by her daughter, Claudia Lindamood of Miamisburg, Ohio; sons, Kenneth Townsend of Big Spring and Mo Townsend of Midland; sisters, Laurice and Jackie; three grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Services will be 11 a.m. today, April 4, at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Stanton. Arrangements are under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home. To place online condolences visit www.mem.com. Memorials may be directed to Home Hospice, 901 W. Missouri, Midland, 79701. Published in the Midland Reporter-Telegram on 4/4/2007.