Larry Gene Townsend

LARRY GENE TOWNSEND 74 YEARS OLD OF BEDFORD, TEXAS
WENT TO BE WITH OUR LORD APRIL 15, 2016 AFTER BATTLING CANCER
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SARAH FRANCES, DAUGHTER JENNIFER GUENTHARDT, SON JEFF TOWNSEND, SONS-IN-LAW MIKE GUENTHARDT AND MIGUEL DORAME AND GRANDCHILDREN JAKE AND SHELBY GUENTHARDT.
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY, APRIL 18TH AT 10AM AT LUCAS FUNERAL HOME IN HURST, TEXAS.
LARRY WAS BORN IN ALTON, ILLINOIS MAY 30, 1941, AND MET HIS WIFE IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA THE SUMMER BEFORE HE ENTERED TEXAS A&M AS A FRESHMAN. HE GRADUATED A&M IN 1963 AND LATER EARNED HIS MBA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO.
THE FAMILY SPENT MANY YEARS IN TRENTON, MICHIGAN WHERE LARRY WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY, AND SERVED AS AN ELDER AT FIRST PREBYTERIAN CHURCH OF TRENTON. HE AND HIS WIFE SUPPORTED THE TRENTON JAYTEENS, AND WORKED WITH YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DOWNRIVER DETROIT AREA.
HE WAS A SUCCESFUL BUSINESMAN WHO ALSO WORKED WITH NASA ON THE FIRST SATURN ROCKET PROGRAM IN NEW ORLEANS.
AFTER RETIREMENT IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AND MADISON, MISSISSIPPI LARRY TOUGHT PHYSICS AND MATH IN LOCAL JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SHCOOLS. WHILE IN MISSISSIPPI HE ALSO COACHED SOCCER.
LARRY SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS IN BEDFORD, TEXAS TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAMILY. AND ALSO TO BE CLOSER TO HIS BELOVED TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY.