A drive-in memorial service for Billy Townsend will be held on Friday, May 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Culbertson Baptist Church located at 3286 LA-151, Farmerville, LA 71241, with Bro. Jeff May officiating.  A celebration for the lives of Kirk Townsend and Kyle Townsend will continue after the service at the home of Kirk and Angela located ½ mile from the church.

Billy Kirk Townsend passed away Friday, May 1, 2020 in Shreveport, LA.  He was born November 6, 1961 in Bastrop, LA to Patricia Ann Salsbury Townsend and Cornelius Carroll Townsend.  He married Angela Dawn Smith Townsend on September 2, 1995 in Ragley, LA.  Kirk and Angela lived in Farmerville, LA for most of their lives together.

Kirk attended Lake Charles High School in Lake Charles, LA.  After high school, Kirk became a member of The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 406.  He operated heavy equipment on pipelines before becoming a truck driver.  He traveled extensively, as a truck driver, and has been to every continental state in the United States and some Provinces of Canada.  He loved traveling.  After moving his family to Farmerville, Kirk operated a commercial poultry farm.  After which, he became a pipeline inspector.  Kirk held a NACE Level 2 Coating certification, a CPWI+V Welding certification, an API 1169 Pipeline Inspector certification, along with many other company mandated certifications in construction and pipeline operations.

Kirk was very active in his community.  He was frequently known to help others in times of trouble and to donate to causes that he felt worthy.  He was active among his fellow pipeliner's and had many, many friends among them.  But Kirk's real passion was crappie fishing. He fished every chance that he got, even taking advantage of fishing opportunities in locations that he was working in across the country.  He loved talking fishing with his "fishing buddy's" almost as much as he loved fishing.

Kirk was preceded in death by his parents, Pat and Carroll Townsend, and his brother, Barry Kyle Townsend.  He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Angela Dawn Smith Townsend; sons: Levi Carroll Townsend and Logan Wyatt Townsend, of Farmerville, LA; three grandchildren: Aiden Carroll Townsend, Jaxon Lee Townsend, and a baby due in December of 2020.  Kirk is also survived by his brother, Brian Kelly Townsend, of Ruston, LA; niece, Samantha Ann Townsend and her children: R.J. Green and Samuel Townsend, all of Shreveport, LA; and many uncles, aunts, and cousins.