Carl Townsend

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Carl Austin Townsend was born in 1934 to James and Myrtle Townsend in Fisk, Missouri. He was one of 11 siblings that reached adulthood. After deciding to leave high school early, Carl joined the Air Force and was stationed overseas on a couple of occasions. During the summer of 1954, while back in the U.S. on leave, he and his brother decided to stop in at Frosty’s Drive-thru for a root beer float. It was this decision that began a seven decade love affair with our mother, who was working as a carhop at Frosty’s. After dating for about a year, he and Mom were married in Hernando, Miss. They were in the Air Force for about 18 months and upon leaving the service, Dad enrolled at SEMO State in Cape Girardeau, Mo. 

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