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Dwight Freeman Townsend Pee Wee Woodrow 79, of Tolar, Texas passed away peacefully at Medical City Fort Worth hospital in Forth worth, Texas on August 16th, 2024, with his children by his side.


A celebration of life service will be held on Friday September 27th, 2024, at 11:00 at the Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Missouri, Burial will follow at 2:00 in the Missouri Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.


Dwight was born on January 18, 1945, in Brownwood, Missouri to the Late Freeman Dobie
and Mary Lee Bowman Townsend.


Dwight attended Advance High school and graduated in 1964 in Advance Missouri. He later joined the United States Air Force from 1965 to 1969 being honorably discharged.


After returning home from the service Dwight married Judy Blankenship on December 15, 1969, in Jonesboro, Illinois, she is the mother of his children. Later marrying Mary Sharpton on October 13,2001 in Texas she preceded him in death on June 30, 2021.


Dwight traveled with his family and friends from job to job as a pipefitter, liked going to yard sales and the flea markets at Stephenville and Weatherford, also liked collecting antiques and going on Carnival cruises the Big Boat with his family.


Dwight will affectionately be remembered for his quick wit and his infectious sense of humor.
Survivors include his daughters Latasha Tidwell of Advance, Mo, Libby (Frank) Potts of Paoli, Okla and Leisha (Shannon) Keesee of Elmore City, Okla. His Grandchildren Darci Tidwell, Seth (Tammi) Potts, Natalie (James) Keesee and Niki Keesee Great-grandchildren Piper and Penelope Potts, Autumn Warren. Two Stepdaughters Ronda Smith of Bartlesville, Okla and Tammy Ford of Tulsa, Oklahoma. 10 Step-grandchildren, 26 step-great grandchildren all from Oklahoma. And Nieces and nephews.


Dwight was proceeded in death by his parents, wife Mary, a brother Douglas Townsend, two sisters Betty Sue Wilton and Linda Lou Townsend, a nephew Lawrence Chadbourne, stepson Rodney Sharpton and a step-granddaughter Casey Burchett


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