Tyrone Townsend

Tyrone Townsend

Funeral services for Mr. Tyrone Townsend, 56, of Dublin, will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the Williams Chapel Baptist Church, 1142 Georgia 29 South in East Dublin with Reverend James Sherman officiating.

Mr. Townsend, who passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2014, was born on September 22, 1957, in Salisbury, Maryland, to L. M. Callaway and the late Martha Townsend. He attended the public schools in Newark, New Jersey, where he graduated with honors in 1978 from Westside High School and was an all city wrestler. He spent most of his life in New Jersey until his return to Dublin in 2008. He was a beloved co-worker at Easter Seals of Dublin and a member of the Williams Chapel Baptist Church in East Dublin. Mr. Townsend whose God loving spirit could light up a room, was full of laughter and love.

Mr. Townsend was preceded in death by his mother, Martha Townsend, his stepmother, Lillie Mae Callaway, his brothers, James Callaway, L. M. Callaway, Jr., Lawrence Townsend, Gordon Callaway, and his sister, Evelyn Howell. He leaves to cherish his memories his father, L. M. (Yvonne) Callaway, his brothers, Johnny (Marcella) Callaway, Tony (Carol) Townsend, Gregory (Dawn) Callaway, Gary (Stephanie) Callaway, and Otis Townsend, his sisters, Claressa (James) Warren, Debra Townsend, Lynda Townsend, and Priscilla (William) Perry, aunt Mary Townsend and uncle C.W. (Ruth) Callaway, and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends.

The family is receiving friends at 525 Pinedale Circle, Dublin.

Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin

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