Carol Lee

Towns

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She found joy in life’s simple and meaningful pleasures.

Carol Lee (Campbell) Towns,  passed away on November 8, 2026, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on December 17, 1944, in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Carol was a woman of learning, devotion, and quiet generosity. She graduated from Hastings High School in Hastings, Michigan, and went on to graduate from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in health. Over the years, she worked as a substitute teacher and also served as an office administrator for Great Lakes Gage Sales, a business she co-owned with her then husband, Lynn Towns. Yet among all the roles she held, Carol considered herself most of all a homemaker, and it was in caring for her family and creating a warm home that her love was most deeply felt.

She found joy in life’s simple and meaningful pleasures. Carol enjoyed gardening, hand quilting, and knitting, and she shared those gifts generously by donating baby blankets and wash cloths. She also loved hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Carol enjoyed music and played the piano, guitar, dulcimer, and violin.  Her life carried her to Eaton Rapids, Michigan, to Sevierville, Tennessee, to Waco, Texas, and finally to El Dorado, Kansas, where she lived for nine years. She attended the First Baptist Church in El Dorado, Kansas. Above all, Carol loved being a mother, grandmother, and wife, and those who knew her will remember the steady care and affection she gave so freely.

She is survived by her sons, Jason Towns and Joshua Towns and his wife, Anna; her daughters, Laura Spradlin and Arin Gilbert and her husband, William; as well as nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family she cherished so deeply was the center of her life, and her love will continue to live on through each of them.

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Above all, Carol loved being a mother, grandmother, and wife.

Carol was preceded in death by her father, Hayes Campbell; her mother, Ileta (Lindsey) Campbell;  and her sister, Annette.

She will be remembered with love for her kindness, her faith, her creativity, and the deep devotion she gave to her family. Her memory will remain a blessing to all who knew and loved her.