Mrs. Sandra "Sandi" Lynn Townsend, age 55 of Fairmount, GA, departed this life, Thursday April 16, 2015 at Kindred Hospital, Rome Ga. Sandra was born February 2, 1959 in Gordon County a daughter of the late Virgil Miller and Jannie Willene Hales Reed. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Joey Randolph Reed. Sandi was retired from the Gordon County 911 center and worked many years as an EMT.

She is survived by her husband, David Townsend of Fairmount, GA; brother, Ricky Reed of Calhoun, Georgia; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Randy and Barbara Townsend, Karen and Jamie Owens of Fairmount, GA, Maurice and Sandi Townsend of Plainville, GA; nieces and nephews, Steven Reed, Joey Reed, Raina Lewis, Kimberly McDougle, Tyler Townsend, Kaitlyn Townsend, Levi Townsend.

Services to celebrate the life of Mrs. Sandra Lynn Townsend will be held Monday April 20, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. from the Ponders Calhoun Chapel with Reverend Mark Owens and Reverend David Long officiating. She will be laid to rest at the Salacoa Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee County, Georgia with Jeff Defore, Danny Defore, Arnold Gillman, Courtney Taylor, Tim Reeve, Mark Bramlett, Dottie Payne, and Heath Derryberry serving as pallbearers. Employees of the Gordon County 911 center will be honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends at Ponders Calhoun Chapel from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Sunday and after 9:00 a.m. Monday until the service hour.

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