Sue Royal Townsend
Aiken County Coroner Sue Royal Townsend died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at her residence following a four-year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Aiken's First Baptist Church with the Revs. M. Eugene Mullikin and Fred W. Andrea III, officiating. Interment will be private. A native of Aiken County, Sue was a daughter of the late Dr. Howard G. and Dorothy Sue Ford Royal. Townsend was first appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1982 by then Gov. Richard Riley. She became the first female coroner in Aiken County and in South Carolina. She was elected by voters in 1984 and had since been reelected to five consecutive four-year terms. She was a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, the FBI Academy, with special training from Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Governor's Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Early in her career, Sue worked at SCETV on the FBI-sponsored television series, "From Crime to Court." She then moved to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, where she worked in the forensic laboratory for four years. After another year spent in the Second Circuit Solicitor's Office, she joined the Aiken County Sheriff's Department, moving through the forensic lab to lieutenant in the Criminal Investigation Division to captain of training. During her tenure as coroner, Sue received numerous awards and commendations. Among them in 1991, because of her innovative and persistent efforts to educate our youth about the dangers of DUI, she was received the Distinguished Service award by the National Commission against Drunk Driving. In 1992 she was named Public Citizen of the Year by the S.C. Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for taking on controversial issues, diligence in protecting citizens, child death investigations, and the white cross program, which she started in 1989 marking a cross on the road where a traffic fatality occurs. The white cross program is now in place in 10 counties in SC, and Sue had received requests on the program from as far away as Argentina. Townsend was a former president of the SC Coroners Association. As president of the association, she lobbied for statewide training for coroners to be placed on the referendum in 1994. It passed, and Sue designed and held the first statewide training for coroners. In January, after a long and positive career in law enforcement, including 22 years as Coroner of Aiken County, Sue announced her retirement effective June 30, 2004. She is survived by her husband, Carlos Lanneau "Skip" Townsend; a daughter and son-in-law, Tammy Meridith and John R. Travis of Aiken, three grandchildren, Jessica Danielle Travis, John Matthew Travis and Carter Lanneau Townsend; a brother, Howard G. Royal, MD, a sister Jan M. Royal, and a daughter-in-law, Ginger Carter Townsend, all of Aiken. Her son Douglas Lanneau Townsend died on September 15, 2001 in a single car crash. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of the Aiken County Coroner's Office, Sheriff Michael Hunt and Chief Pete Frommer. Memorial contributions may be made to Aiken SPCA Building Fund, 401 Wire Road, Aiken, SC 29801. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
Aiken County Coroner Sue Royal Townsend died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at her residence following a four-year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Aiken's First Baptist Church with the Revs. M. Eugene Mullikin and Fred W. Andrea III, officiating. Interment will be private. A native of Aiken County, Sue was a daughter of the late Dr. Howard G. and Dorothy Sue Ford Royal. Townsend was first appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1982 by then Gov. Richard Riley. She became the first female coroner in Aiken County and in South Carolina. She was elected by voters in 1984 and had since been reelected to five consecutive four-year terms. She was a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, the FBI Academy, with special training from Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Governor's Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Early in her career, Sue worked at SCETV on the FBI-sponsored television series, "From Crime to Court." She then moved to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, where she worked in the forensic laboratory for four years. After another year spent in the Second Circuit Solicitor's Office, she joined the Aiken County Sheriff's Department, moving through the forensic lab to lieutenant in the Criminal Investigation Division to captain of training. During her tenure as coroner, Sue received numerous awards and commendations. Among them in 1991, because of her innovative and persistent efforts to educate our youth about the dangers of DUI, she was received the Distinguished Service award by the National Commission against Drunk Driving. In 1992 she was named Public Citizen of the Year by the S.C. Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for taking on controversial issues, diligence in protecting citizens, child death investigations, and the white cross program, which she started in 1989 marking a cross on the road where a traffic fatality occurs. The white cross program is now in place in 10 counties in SC, and Sue had received requests on the program from as far away as Argentina. Townsend was a former president of the SC Coroners Association. As president of the association, she lobbied for statewide training for coroners to be placed on the referendum in 1994. It passed, and Sue designed and held the first statewide training for coroners. In January, after a long and positive career in law enforcement, including 22 years as Coroner of Aiken County, Sue announced her retirement effective June 30, 2004. She is survived by her husband, Carlos Lanneau "Skip" Townsend; a daughter and son-in-law, Tammy Meridith and John R. Travis of Aiken, three grandchildren, Jessica Danielle Travis, John Matthew Travis and Carter Lanneau Townsend; a brother, Howard G. Royal, MD, a sister Jan M. Royal, and a daughter-in-law, Ginger Carter Townsend, all of Aiken. Her son Douglas Lanneau Townsend died on September 15, 2001 in a single car crash. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of the Aiken County Coroner's Office, Sheriff Michael Hunt and Chief Pete Frommer. Memorial contributions may be made to Aiken SPCA Building Fund, 401 Wire Road, Aiken, SC 29801. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
Sue Royal Townsend
Aiken County Coroner Sue Royal Townsend died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at her residence following a four-year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Aiken's First Baptist Church with the Revs. M. Eugene Mullikin and Fred W. Andrea III, officiating. Interment will be private. A native of Aiken County, Sue was a daughter of the late Dr. Howard G. and Dorothy Sue Ford Royal. Townsend was first appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1982 by then Gov. Richard Riley. She became the first female coroner in Aiken County and in South Carolina. She was elected by voters in 1984 and had since been reelected to five consecutive four-year terms. She was a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, the FBI Academy, with special training from Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Governor's Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Early in her career, Sue worked at SCETV on the FBI-sponsored television series, "From Crime to Court." She then moved to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, where she worked in the forensic laboratory for four years. After another year spent in the Second Circuit Solicitor's Office, she joined the Aiken County Sheriff's Department, moving through the forensic lab to lieutenant in the Criminal Investigation Division to captain of training. During her tenure as coroner, Sue received numerous awards and commendations. Among them in 1991, because of her innovative and persistent efforts to educate our youth about the dangers of DUI, she was received the Distinguished Service award by the National Commission against Drunk Driving. In 1992 she was named Public Citizen of the Year by the S.C. Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for taking on controversial issues, diligence in protecting citizens, child death investigations, and the white cross program, which she started in 1989 marking a cross on the road where a traffic fatality occurs. The white cross program is now in place in 10 counties in SC, and Sue had received requests on the program from as far away as Argentina. Townsend was a former president of the SC Coroners Association. As president of the association, she lobbied for statewide training for coroners to be placed on the referendum in 1994. It passed, and Sue designed and held the first statewide training for coroners. In January, after a long and positive career in law enforcement, including 22 years as Coroner of Aiken County, Sue announced her retirement effective June 30, 2004. She is survived by her husband, Carlos Lanneau "Skip" Townsend; a daughter and son-in-law, Tammy Meridith and John R. Travis of Aiken, three grandchildren, Jessica Danielle Travis, John Matthew Travis and Carter Lanneau Townsend; a brother, Howard G. Royal, MD, a sister Jan M. Royal, and a daughter-in-law, Ginger Carter Townsend, all of Aiken. Her son Douglas Lanneau Townsend died on September 15, 2001 in a single car crash. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of the Aiken County Coroner's Office, Sheriff Michael Hunt and Chief Pete Frommer. Memorial contributions may be made to Aiken SPCA Building Fund, 401 Wire Road, Aiken, SC 29801. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
Aiken County Coroner Sue Royal Townsend died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at her residence following a four-year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Aiken's First Baptist Church with the Revs. M. Eugene Mullikin and Fred W. Andrea III, officiating. Interment will be private. A native of Aiken County, Sue was a daughter of the late Dr. Howard G. and Dorothy Sue Ford Royal. Townsend was first appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1982 by then Gov. Richard Riley. She became the first female coroner in Aiken County and in South Carolina. She was elected by voters in 1984 and had since been reelected to five consecutive four-year terms. She was a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, the FBI Academy, with special training from Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Governor's Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Early in her career, Sue worked at SCETV on the FBI-sponsored television series, "From Crime to Court." She then moved to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, where she worked in the forensic laboratory for four years. After another year spent in the Second Circuit Solicitor's Office, she joined the Aiken County Sheriff's Department, moving through the forensic lab to lieutenant in the Criminal Investigation Division to captain of training. During her tenure as coroner, Sue received numerous awards and commendations. Among them in 1991, because of her innovative and persistent efforts to educate our youth about the dangers of DUI, she was received the Distinguished Service award by the National Commission against Drunk Driving. In 1992 she was named Public Citizen of the Year by the S.C. Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for taking on controversial issues, diligence in protecting citizens, child death investigations, and the white cross program, which she started in 1989 marking a cross on the road where a traffic fatality occurs. The white cross program is now in place in 10 counties in SC, and Sue had received requests on the program from as far away as Argentina. Townsend was a former president of the SC Coroners Association. As president of the association, she lobbied for statewide training for coroners to be placed on the referendum in 1994. It passed, and Sue designed and held the first statewide training for coroners. In January, after a long and positive career in law enforcement, including 22 years as Coroner of Aiken County, Sue announced her retirement effective June 30, 2004. She is survived by her husband, Carlos Lanneau "Skip" Townsend; a daughter and son-in-law, Tammy Meridith and John R. Travis of Aiken, three grandchildren, Jessica Danielle Travis, John Matthew Travis and Carter Lanneau Townsend; a brother, Howard G. Royal, MD, a sister Jan M. Royal, and a daughter-in-law, Ginger Carter Townsend, all of Aiken. Her son Douglas Lanneau Townsend died on September 15, 2001 in a single car crash. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of the Aiken County Coroner's Office, Sheriff Michael Hunt and Chief Pete Frommer. Memorial contributions may be made to Aiken SPCA Building Fund, 401 Wire Road, Aiken, SC 29801. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
Shellhouse ߝ Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Road, Aiken
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