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Our History
Townsend Brothers Funeral Home has been in business since 1937. It is a family owned and operated business. On September 1, 1937, the Townsend Family purchased the Lord Funeral Home, located on Bellevue Avenue and changed the name to Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. The funeral home moved down to the court house square in the early forties where it remained for several years. Two Brothers, James and Forrest Townsend operated the funeral home together for many years. Their parents, Rev. John E. Townsend and Mamie Lou Dixon Townsend kept the business going while both James and Forrest served our country in World War II. In 1948 the funeral home moved to the corner of Gaines and Monroe. The building was a residential home that was build around 1912. In the late 1950's the building was remodeled and bricked, and the chapel added. In 2007, the Townsend Family bought the Bank of America Building, just across Monroe Street, at 215 West Jackson Street, where we are currently located.
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