Joy Thackston Townsend

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Shuler Funeral Home and Crematory

Posted events

March 25, 2026

Mar

Visitation

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Chapel of Forest Lawn Funeral Home

538 Tracy Grove Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792

Mar

Celebration of Life

2:00 p.m.

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

538 Tracy Grove Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792

Mar

Interment

2:45 p.m.

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

538 Tracy Grove Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792

Shuler Funeral Home and Crematory

Posted an obituary

March 25, 2026

Joy Townsend Obituary

Carolyn Joy Thackston Townsend, born on July 9, 1946, in Montgomery, Alabama, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2026, in Flat Rock, North Carolina, at the age of 79. Her journey through life was one of love, faith, and generosity, leaving... Read Joy Townsend's Obituary