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George Festus Taylor

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George Festus Taylor

Birth
Mercer, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Death
23 Jul 1982 (aged 65)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Mercer, Madison County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Services for George Festus Taylor, 65, a Madison County, TN native will be at 1 PM Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church in Memphis, TN. Graveside services will follow at 4 PM in Maple Springs Baptist Church Cemetery near Mercer, TN, with Memphis Funeral Home's Union Avenue Chapel, in charge.

He was the son of George Street & Ruth Catherine Derryberry Taylor.

Mr. Taylor, a retired truck driver for Wall Brothers Oil Company, Inc. Distributors in Memphis, died early this morning at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. He moved to Memphis about 40 years ago.

Mr. Taylor was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and belonged to Bethel Grove Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Al Chymia Shrine Temple.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ina Sanderson Taylor, whom he married on July 3, 1937 in Madison County, TN; three sons, Ellis L Taylor of Memphis, Donald G Taylor of Germantown and Ronald L Taylor of Pleasant Hill, MS; three sisters Mrs. Ollie Yelverton of Mercer, Mrs. W J Pope of Bruceton and Mrs. Marjorie Swinney of New Orleans. He is also survived by three brothers, E.V Taylor and Clyde W Taylor, both of Memphis and John R Taylor of Dallas, and 7 grandchildren.

Source: The Jackson Sun, June 24, 1982

Services for George Festus Taylor, 65, a Madison County, TN native will be at 1 PM Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church in Memphis, TN. Graveside services will follow at 4 PM in Maple Springs Baptist Church Cemetery near Mercer, TN, with Memphis Funeral Home's Union Avenue Chapel, in charge.

He was the son of George Street & Ruth Catherine Derryberry Taylor.

Mr. Taylor, a retired truck driver for Wall Brothers Oil Company, Inc. Distributors in Memphis, died early this morning at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. He moved to Memphis about 40 years ago.

Mr. Taylor was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and belonged to Bethel Grove Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Al Chymia Shrine Temple.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ina Sanderson Taylor, whom he married on July 3, 1937 in Madison County, TN; three sons, Ellis L Taylor of Memphis, Donald G Taylor of Germantown and Ronald L Taylor of Pleasant Hill, MS; three sisters Mrs. Ollie Yelverton of Mercer, Mrs. W J Pope of Bruceton and Mrs. Marjorie Swinney of New Orleans. He is also survived by three brothers, E.V Taylor and Clyde W Taylor, both of Memphis and John R Taylor of Dallas, and 7 grandchildren.

Source: The Jackson Sun, June 24, 1982



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