Obituary - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Monday, 22 November 1943; page 1 column 5; (Ancestry.com):
Sister Of Two Taylor Brothers Dies In Virginia
Abingdon, Va. -- AP -- Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, sister of the late Bob and Alf Taylor of Happy Valley, Tenn., famous brothers who each became governor of Tennessee and are especially noted in history for their "battle of roses" campaign, in which they toured the state together and spoke on the same platform as opposing candidates, died at 8:35 o'clock Sunday night at Abingdon Hospital. She had been ill since Thursday.
Mrs. Reeves, the last surviving member of the noted Taylor family is survived by four sons and three daughters, N. D. Reeves, Glendale Cal., E. C. Reeves, Prospect, Oregon, John D. and Paul Reeves, Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Sensabaugh, Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. G. C. Simcox, Bulls Gap, Tenn., and Mrs. Roland Craig, Abingdon.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral Notice - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Tuesday, 23 November 1943; image 3 column 4; (Ancestry.com
Ex-Governors' Sister Dies
Abingdon, Va., -- AP -- Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, will be held at Abingdon Methodist church at 11 a.m. Tuesday to be followed by another service at Munsey Memorial church in Johnson City, Tenn., at 3 p.m. Interment will be in the family cemetery in the Knob Creek section near Johnson City.
She was a sister of former Governors, Bob and Alf Taylor of Tennessee. She died Sunday.
Sister Of Two Taylor Brothers Dies In Virginia
Abingdon, Va. -- AP -- Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, sister of the late Bob and Alf Taylor of Happy Valley, Tenn., famous brothers who each became governor of Tennessee and are especially noted in history for their "battle of roses" campaign, in which they toured the state together and spoke on the same platform as opposing candidates, died at 8:35 o'clock Sunday night at Abingdon Hospital. She had been ill since Thursday.
Mrs. Reeves, the last surviving member of the noted Taylor family is survived by four sons and three daughters, N. D. Reeves, Glendale Cal., E. C. Reeves, Prospect, Oregon, John D. and Paul Reeves, Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Sensabaugh, Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. G. C. Simcox, Bulls Gap, Tenn., and Mrs. Roland Craig, Abingdon.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral Notice - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Tuesday, 23 November 1943; image 3 column 4; (Ancestry.com
Ex-Governors' Sister Dies
Abingdon, Va., -- AP -- Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, will be held at Abingdon Methodist church at 11 a.m. Tuesday to be followed by another service at Munsey Memorial church in Johnson City, Tenn., at 3 p.m. Interment will be in the family cemetery in the Knob Creek section near Johnson City.
She was a sister of former Governors, Bob and Alf Taylor of Tennessee. She died Sunday.
Obituary - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Monday, 22 November 1943; page 1 column 5; (Ancestry.com):
Sister Of Two Taylor Brothers Dies In Virginia
Abingdon, Va. -- AP -- Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, sister of the late Bob and Alf Taylor of Happy Valley, Tenn., famous brothers who each became governor of Tennessee and are especially noted in history for their "battle of roses" campaign, in which they toured the state together and spoke on the same platform as opposing candidates, died at 8:35 o'clock Sunday night at Abingdon Hospital. She had been ill since Thursday.
Mrs. Reeves, the last surviving member of the noted Taylor family is survived by four sons and three daughters, N. D. Reeves, Glendale Cal., E. C. Reeves, Prospect, Oregon, John D. and Paul Reeves, Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Sensabaugh, Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. G. C. Simcox, Bulls Gap, Tenn., and Mrs. Roland Craig, Abingdon.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral Notice - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Tuesday, 23 November 1943; image 3 column 4; (Ancestry.com
Ex-Governors' Sister Dies
Abingdon, Va., -- AP -- Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, will be held at Abingdon Methodist church at 11 a.m. Tuesday to be followed by another service at Munsey Memorial church in Johnson City, Tenn., at 3 p.m. Interment will be in the family cemetery in the Knob Creek section near Johnson City.
She was a sister of former Governors, Bob and Alf Taylor of Tennessee. She died Sunday.
Sister Of Two Taylor Brothers Dies In Virginia
Abingdon, Va. -- AP -- Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, sister of the late Bob and Alf Taylor of Happy Valley, Tenn., famous brothers who each became governor of Tennessee and are especially noted in history for their "battle of roses" campaign, in which they toured the state together and spoke on the same platform as opposing candidates, died at 8:35 o'clock Sunday night at Abingdon Hospital. She had been ill since Thursday.
Mrs. Reeves, the last surviving member of the noted Taylor family is survived by four sons and three daughters, N. D. Reeves, Glendale Cal., E. C. Reeves, Prospect, Oregon, John D. and Paul Reeves, Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Sensabaugh, Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. G. C. Simcox, Bulls Gap, Tenn., and Mrs. Roland Craig, Abingdon.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral Notice - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Tuesday, 23 November 1943; image 3 column 4; (Ancestry.com
Ex-Governors' Sister Dies
Abingdon, Va., -- AP -- Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, will be held at Abingdon Methodist church at 11 a.m. Tuesday to be followed by another service at Munsey Memorial church in Johnson City, Tenn., at 3 p.m. Interment will be in the family cemetery in the Knob Creek section near Johnson City.
She was a sister of former Governors, Bob and Alf Taylor of Tennessee. She died Sunday.
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