{"id":10891,"date":"2020-07-29T09:54:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/?p=10891"},"modified":"2020-08-09T09:55:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:55:48","slug":"charles-thomas-charlie-townsend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/2020\/07\/29\/charles-thomas-charlie-townsend\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Thomas \u201cCharlie\u201d Townsend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Charles Thomas &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Townsend, age 70, of Jeffersonville, and a former resident of Wellston, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio.&nbsp; He was born Sept. 13, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late Charles Edward Townsend and Betty J. Matthews Townsend Ghearing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie was a 1967 graduate of Wellston High School.&nbsp; He was a former bartender at the American Legion, V.F.W. and several local bars in Wellston.&nbsp; Charlie always had a story to tell and could always make people laugh.&nbsp; He enjoyed fishing, golfing and watching all sports, and was especially a big fan of The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Cleveland Browns.&nbsp;Charlie was a member of the V.F.W. Post 9092 and a former member of the Eagles Lodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie is survived by his children, Tiffany Christoph of Jeffersonville and Brian Townsend of West Allis, Wisconsin; grandchildren, Justin, Andrea and Kelsey Townsend and Jacynda Patton; sister, Cindy Townsend of West Virginia; as well as several nieces and nephews.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides his parents, Charlie was preceded in death by his step-father, Paul Ghearing; sister, Sally Miller; and niece, Michelle Miller.&nbsp; In keeping with Charlie&#8217;s wishes, his body was cremated.&nbsp; A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Charlie&#8217;s memory can be given to ASPCA, Attn.: Linda Tiramani, 520 Eighth Ave., Fl. 7, New York, New York 10018-4195 &#8212; or St. Jude&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.\u00a0 Arrangements are under the direction of the McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston.\u00a0 Online condolences can be sent to the family at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Thomas &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Townsend, age 70, of Jeffersonville, and a former resident of Wellston, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio.&nbsp; He was born Sept. 13, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late Charles Edward Townsend and Betty J. Matthews Townsend Ghearing.&nbsp; Charlie was a 1967 graduate\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/2020\/07\/29\/charles-thomas-charlie-townsend\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10892,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10891\/revisions\/10892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}