John Timothy Townsend

SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services celebrating the life of Mr. John Timothy "Tim" Townsend, 54, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Kings Temple United Pentecostal Church in Shreveport, LA. Pastor Damon Magee will officiate. Interment will follow at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Springridge, LA. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Rose- Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Drive in Shreveport. Tim was born August 20, 1960 in Shreveport, LA and passed away June 4, 2015 in Shreveport, LA. When he was 44 years old, he received a bachelor's degree from LSUS; where he made both the Dean's and Chancellors' Lists. He loved gardening and was successful at growing oranges. Tim and his wife coached youth sports through SPAR as the Shreveport Crusaders for almost 20 years. They won seven out of eleven Bowl games at the Junior Independence Bowl, praying with the kids before and after every practice and game. Tim is preceded in death by his mother, Betty Gault Townsend; sister, Betty Marla Townsend; and his father-in-law, Willard "Coach Pops" Rayburn. Left to cherish his beautiful memory is his wife, Betty Rayburn Townsend; son, John Timothy Townsend, Jr.; daughter, April Townsend Anderson; dad, Joseph Ernest Townsend, Sr. and wife, Louanna Townsend; grandchildren, Talyn Anderson and Steven Anderson; brother, Joseph Ernest Townsend, Jr. and wife, Grace Gregorio Townsend; sister, Melody Townsend Bassett; step-brothers, Jason Hartley and wife, Kelly Hartley, and Jared Hartley; aunt, Era Faye Gault, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of family and friends. Honoring Tim as pallbearers will be Tom McSween, Shannon Dumas, Jeremy Spears, Jason Hartley, Benjamin Trant and Thomas Rayburn. Honorary pallbearers will be all of his nephews and numerous children he coached over the years.