Visitation will be held from 5 - 7 PM on Thursday April 19, 2012 at Wright & Ferguson on Highland Colony Parkway. Services are Friday, April 20 at 1 PM at the funeral home with burial following at Lakewood Memorial Park. Dennis Daniels of First Baptist Church will be officiating.
Mrs. Taylor, a resident of Madison, was born in Jackson September 23, 1937 to the late James Fountain and Doris Valentine Barksdale. She was a graduate of Central High School and Millsaps College and went on to earn a Masters of Education from Mississippi State University. She was a school teacher for the Jackson Public Schools and Manhattan Academy and later retired after working 23 years at the Mississippi Employment Security Commission. She Was an avid reader who enjoyed gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by her children Tara Hackney (Mike) of St. Augustine, FL, Adair Sulhoff (Matt) of Marietta, GA and Jack Taylor, Jr (Tanya) of Madison, grandchildren Noah, Rachel, Anna, Daniel, Joseph and Jacob, a sister Carol Lawson (Jim) of Meridian, and a brother Fountain Barksdale (Sandy) of Madison.
Published in Clarion Ledger on April 19, 2012
Visitation will be held from 5 - 7 PM on Thursday April 19, 2012 at Wright & Ferguson on Highland Colony Parkway. Services are Friday, April 20 at 1 PM at the funeral home with burial following at Lakewood Memorial Park. Dennis Daniels of First Baptist Church will be officiating.
Mrs. Taylor, a resident of Madison, was born in Jackson September 23, 1937 to the late James Fountain and Doris Valentine Barksdale. She was a graduate of Central High School and Millsaps College and went on to earn a Masters of Education from Mississippi State University. She was a school teacher for the Jackson Public Schools and Manhattan Academy and later retired after working 23 years at the Mississippi Employment Security Commission. She Was an avid reader who enjoyed gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by her children Tara Hackney (Mike) of St. Augustine, FL, Adair Sulhoff (Matt) of Marietta, GA and Jack Taylor, Jr (Tanya) of Madison, grandchildren Noah, Rachel, Anna, Daniel, Joseph and Jacob, a sister Carol Lawson (Jim) of Meridian, and a brother Fountain Barksdale (Sandy) of Madison.
Published in Clarion Ledger on April 19, 2012
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