Brenda Helvey Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Brenda Helvey of Raeford, North Carolina, born in Tabor City, North Carolina, who passed away at the age of 71, on April 26, 2021. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Brenda Helvey or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
She was predeceased by: her parents, O. M. Dickens and Mary Miller West; her former husband Norman Elwood Townsend Jr.; her granddaughter Catherine Michaela Whitaker; her brother Charles Glenn Dickens; her stepfather Charlie Vance Wiggins; and her stepbrothers, Leonard Vance Wiggins, Raymond Gene Wiggins and Bobby Leroy Wiggins.
She is survived by: her husband Paul A. Helvey of Raeford, NC; her children, Vanissa Kaye Townsend (Raymond Lee Kelly) of Woodbridge, VA, Tonya Townsend Whitaker of Vass, NC and Jonathon Contois (Amanda Fountaine) of Fayetteville, NC; her grandchildren, Adrian Michael Bernard, Justin Townsend Kelly, Nathan Shea Contois, Sophia Julianne Whitaker and Chase Alexander Contois; her godsons, Doug Finch and Steven Finch; and her siblings, James Ray Dickens of Raeford, NC, Jimmy Lee Dickens of Mauriceville, TX., Janice Dickens Kelly of Wadesboro, NC and Carolyn Dickens Stephens of Sanford, NC..
