FAYETTEVILLE - Mrs. Nellie Townsend Raspi, 80, of Fayetteville, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, in her daughter's home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, in Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home chapel in Fayetteville with Pastor Sandra R. Nowiski officiating. Burial will follow in Cumberland Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Watson Townsend and Russell Townsend; and sister, Anna Bell Jackson.
Mrs. Raspi is survived by her husband, Louis A. Raspi of the home; daughters, Terry Lou Cooper and husband R.D. of Bowling Green, Va., and Sandra R. Nowiski and husband Daniel of Linden; brothers, George Townsend of Rhode Island, and Fred Townsend of Newport News, Va.; sisters, Elizabeth McLamb of Dunn, and Mary Wilson of Flushing, Mich.; three grandchildren, Rachel Andrews, Adam Nowiski and Madeline Cooper; and five great-grandchildren, Joel Andrews, Tiffany-Faith Andrews, Brody Nowiski, Haylee Cooper Sylvia and Cole Nowiski.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Potters Vessel Church, 145 Coates Road, Linden, NC 28356.
Services entrusted to Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home of Fayetteville.