Firefighters and many others from the community gathered Saturday in Urbanna for a memorial service for longtime firefighter Keith Townsend. Townsend died on June 17.
Townsend was a beloved firefighter who voluntarily served the Urbanna-based Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) for more than 40 years. Fire companies from King and Queen, Essex, Mathews, Gloucester, Lancaster counties and elsewhere all brought their fire trucks. Members of MVFD gathered for a photo under a giant American flag hanging from the ladder trucks from the Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department and the Gloucester County Fire Department.
