Background
Townsend, Edwin Clay was born on November 22, 1924 in Parsons, Tennessee, United States. Son of Mahlon Nathaniel Emma Annie (Odle) Townsend.
Townsend, Edwin Clay was born on November 22, 1924 in Parsons, Tennessee, United States. Son of Mahlon Nathaniel Emma Annie (Odle) Townsend.
Student, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1947. Bachelor, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1948.
Juris Doctor, Stamford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1969.
Partner Townsend & Townsend, Parsons, Delaware 1977. Tennessee Ltd. Const. Convention, 1977. Member Board Professional Responsibility of Supreme Court Tennessee, Nashville, 1982-1988.
Salvation requires work. It can only be accomplished through effort, and this is what the Gospel is all about.
A member of a Christian Church should support all social initiatives having a purpose to maintain and strengthen well-being and progress of the whole community and its members.
God enables every person to resist evil, by accepting forgiveness and liberation, and willing to be open to the Holy Spirit.
Trustee Lambuth College, Jackson, 1980-1992. Board directors Methodist Foundation, Memphis, 1980-1986. Board directors Tennessee River Four County Port Authority, Parsons, since 1980, chairman, 1980-1981, 85-86.
With United States Navy, 1943-1945, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (board governors, committee on administration justice, house of deals), Tennessee Bar Foundation, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Disabled Veterans, American Legion. Lodges: Lions (local president 1952-1953, 66-67, district governor 1961-1962, board directors West Tennessee Lions Foundation 1982-1986), Elks.
Married Marjorie Lucille Duncan, September 10, 1950. Children: Edwin Townsend Junior, Karin Davis.