Marie Townsell[1]
1925 - 2013 (87 years)-
Name Marie Townsell [2, 3, 4] Birth 2 Jun 1925 Corinth, Mississippi, USA 
[5, 6] Gender Female Death 6 Feb 2013 Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, USA Burial Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, USA Patriarch & Matriarch 
David R. Townsell, b. Abt 1872, Alabama, USAd. 24 Apr 1935, Tennessee, USA (Age 63 years) (Father) 
MARY ELLA BRAWLEY, b. 18 Jun 1851, North Carolina, USAd. 8 May 1917 (Age 65 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I329 1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669 Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Father David R. Townsell, b. Abt 1872, Alabama, USA d. 24 Apr 1935, Tennessee, USA (Age 63 years) Mother ARTIE GOFF, b. Abt 1886, Tennessee d. 5 Mar 1971 (Age 85 years)
Other Partners: JESSE FRANKLIN WHITE m. 10 Sep 1905Marriage 16 Oct 1921 Madison, Tennessee, USA [7] Family ID F221 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Floyd Tilman Young d. 24 Aug 1991, Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, USA
Children 1. Steve Young + 2. Shirley Young Family ID F179 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Apr 2025
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Notes - E-mail from James Ed Goff, 6/5/2005 Brother Earl called and said he had called to check on Ewing who is not doing well. They told him that Marie Townsell had driven up from Corinth to visit Ewing. She told them an interesting story that I do not remember but I was only 10 at the time so that is understandable. When Marie was 8 years old her mother was having a hard time and put Marie on a train without any money and told her that when she got to Jackson she was to go to downtown (at least a mile from the train station) courtsquare and look for Mr. Elzie Goff (my father) and he would get her to our house. She made the trip OK and lived with us for some time. As I say I do not remember it. I remember when we were about high school age they lived across the street from us.
(from later discussion with Marie - her parents were in jail for bootlegging. MEP)
Obituary for Marie Young
MARIE TOWNSELL YOUNG
was born in Corinth, Mississippi on June 2, 1925 to the late John Riley [her father is David R. Townsell, John is her grandfather] and Artie Van Goff.
On December 10, 1947 she was united in marriage to Floyd Tillman Young, who preceded his wife in death on August 25, 1991.
Mrs. Young retired from Dade County School System in Miami, Florida where she was a cafeteria worker. She lived her childhood in Jackson, Tennessee then lived in Miami, Florida until 1986 when she returned to Tennessee and lived in Savannah. Mrs. Young enjoyed seeing and spending time with her grandchildren.
She departed this life on February 6, 2013 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 87 years, 8 months and 4 days.
Mrs. Young is survived by her children, Shirley Young Mungenast and her husband Edward of Boca Raton, Florida and Steven Young of Savannah, Tennessee
2 grandchildren, Bradley Mungenast and Kevin Mungenast
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Young was also preceded in death by her mother, Artie Goff, two half brothers, Earl and Ernest White and one half sister, Ethel White Meals.
- E-mail from James Ed Goff, 6/5/2005 Brother Earl called and said he had called to check on Ewing who is not doing well. They told him that Marie Townsell had driven up from Corinth to visit Ewing. She told them an interesting story that I do not remember but I was only 10 at the time so that is understandable. When Marie was 8 years old her mother was having a hard time and put Marie on a train without any money and told her that when she got to Jackson she was to go to downtown (at least a mile from the train station) courtsquare and look for Mr. Elzie Goff (my father) and he would get her to our house. She made the trip OK and lived with us for some time. As I say I do not remember it. I remember when we were about high school age they lived across the street from us.
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Sources - [S2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 2, Alcorn, Mississippi; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340872.
- [S120] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Madison, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3918; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 57-35.
Record for Arties Townsell - [S86] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 2, Alcorn, Mississippi; Roll: 1137; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 737.0; FHL microfilm: 2340872.
Record for Datia R Townsell - [S101] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Jackson Sun; Publication Date: 7 Mar 1971; Publication Place: Jackson, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/284363307/?article=52d5d50d-1b06-4b4e-8395-5346f073e95b&focus=0.73643893,0.3735263,0.85366464,0.49807426&xid=3355.
- [S194] Ethel White Meals.
- [S195] Young, Marie Townsell.
- [S142] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Database online.
Record for D R Townsell
- [S2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 2, Alcorn, Mississippi; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340872.
