Brenda Edwards Townley

Brenda Edwards Townley, 77, of Morehead City, entered God’s heavenly home on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Carteret Health Care.

Funeral services are private, she will be laid to rest at the Edwards Plot at Sand Hill Cemetery in Pamlico County.

Brenda “Penny” was born on December 2, 1943, in Wilmington, New Hanover County and grew up in Pamlico County.  She was the daughter of the late Isham “Blannie” Blanford and Essie Pearl Faulkner Edwards of Reelsboro.

Brenda loved God, her family, sewing, reading, birds, puzzles, and wildflowers. One of her greatest memories was being a Girl Scout Leader to both her girls. In 1969 while a clubwoman in the New Bern Junior Woman's Club Brenda won 1st place in the local sewing contest and 2nd place sewing for a child category at the District 12 in Morehead City.  In 1999 The State of North Carolina signed by Governor Hunt, Jr. Presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Brenda Townley.  Her achievement in education earned an Associate in Applied Science, Human Services Technology, Gerontology after years of working in accounting and merchandising.

Surviving are her children, Deborah Marie Armstrong Cobb and husband David of Johnston County and Andrea Leigh Armstrong Maxwell and husband Richard of Albemarle County, Virginia; sister, Mavis Jeanette Cahoon Holton of Craven County; grandchildren, Brenda Michelle Cobb Woodel and husband Brad, Andrew David Cobb and fiancé Lauren Frey of Delmar, MD, Nicholas Stuart Cobb, Jack Ferguson Maxwell, Evelyn Armstrong Maxwell and Lucille Denyse Maxwell; greatgrandchildren, Connor Gage Woodel and Aubrey Nicole Woodel; and many beloved nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Isham “Jack” Hamet and Lula Ethel Dunn Edwards of Franklin County; maternal grandparents, Green and Lillian Annie Belle Faulkner of Vance County; brothers, Larry McKay Edwards and Jerry Wayne Edwards; her first husband, Euclid Duval Armstrong Jr. and her second husband, David Gustafson.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Reelsboro United Methodist Church, 51 Holland Drive, New Bern, NC 28560 or memorial cards may be sent to the family, Cobb Family, P.O. Box 435, Princeton, NC 27569 and Maxwell Family, 247 Glendower Road, Scottsville, VA 24590.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory in Morehead City, NC.