Longtime baseball coach Towny Townsend dies at 54
By TOM ROBINSON AND JAMI FRANKENBERRY, The Virginian-Pilot © April 5, 2007

Coach Marvin "Towny" Townsend, regarded as the driving force behind the improvement of youth and high school baseball in South Hampton Roads, died today following a long battle with cancer.

Townsend, 54, is survived by his wife of 29 years, Cathy; and two sons, Sean, 25, a teacher and assistant baseball coach at Great Bridge High, and Chase, 21, a junior at University of Mary Washington who plays first base and pitches for the baseball team.