CLINTON TAYLOR obituary
Transcribed and submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by Becky Millet, April, 2004.


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From Crowley Daily Signal
11 Apr 1947

CLINTON TAYLOR, 70, DIES AT EUNICE; SERVICES TOMORROW

    Clinton Taylor, 70, a lifelong resident of the Maxie section died at 10:30 p.m. 
    Thursday at the Eunice sanitarium.  My Taylor, who had been ill for the past 
    eight months, was discovered seated in a chair at the home of his sister, Mrs. 
    Brampton Robinson, suffering from a pistol wound in the head.
    Funeral services will be conducted  at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, with burial 
    in Maxie cemetery.  Rev. Ivy Istre of Jennings will preside.
    Mr. Taylor was born in the Maxie community and lived there all his life.  Throughout 
    that time he was looked up to in the community as a devout Christian and church 
    member and was highly regarded and respected by all his neighbors.
    Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. J.S. Higginbotham, Mrs. Howard McClelland, 
    Mrs. Brampton Robinson, Mrs. W.A. Higginbotham, and one brother, Lynn* Taylor.

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Lewis Clinton TAYLOR
b. 11 Dec 1877
d. 10 Apr 1947
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From the Crowley Daily Signal
18 Apr 1947

MAXIE NOTES
by L.B. Robinson

    The last rites for Clinton Taylor were held Saturday at 10 a.m.  Due to the heavy 
    rain, the funeral services were held at the funeral home in Eunice instead of at 
    Maxie, as had been previously planned.  Mr. Taylor, 70, died Thursday evening 
    at 10:30, following an illness of eight months.  He had been cared for at the 
    home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Brampton E. Robinson.
    The funeral was attended by large crowd of relatives and friends from all 
    walks of life.  The Rev. Ivy Istre of Jennings officiated in the rites, with interment 
    in the Maxie cemetery.  Mr. Taylor was born in the Maxie community, and spent 
    his entire life here.  He was a faithful member of the Church of Christ in Iota, 
    and held the high esteem of all his friends and neighbors.  He is survived by 
    one brother, Lynn* Taylor, and four sisters.  Mrs. Brampton Robinson and 
    Mrs. J.S.  Higginbotham of Maxie, Mrs. W.A. McClelland of Eunice, and Mrs. 
    Howard McClelland of Basile, besides a large number of other relatives.
    Among those attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Robinson and 
    baby of Natchez, Miss.,  Mr. and Mrs. Buford Robinson and children Betty, 
    Charles and Lester of New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Buck McNeil of Iota, Mrs. Berl 
    Higginbotham of Iota, and Sgt. and Mrs. Edwin Robinson and baby.

*should read Leon Taylor


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