Obituary of SARAH FRANCIS DAVIS TAYLOR, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  December 29, 1927

Headline:  Prominent Citizen of Olla is Claimed by Death on Friday

Death claimed one of the most beloved women of LaSalle Parish on last Friday 
morning, when Mrs. W. V. Taylor, of Olla, died at her home there.

Mrs. Taylor, nee Sarah Francis Davis, was born in 1853 in Catahoula Parish.  
In 1873 she was married to Dr. William V. Taylor, the family later moving to 
Olla where Dr. Taylor became engaged in the practice of medicine and where he 
has continuously resided for the past twenty-nine years.  To this union was 
born seven children, five of whom, with their father, remain to mourn the 
death of this good woman.

She was an upright Christian woman, having years ago united with the church 
of her choice.  Her deeds of kindness, coupled with her lovable disposition, 
will be missed by the entire citizenship of Olla and surrounding territory.

Besides the husband and children, Mrs. Taylor leaves the following brothers 
and sisters to mourn her passing:  L. M. Davis, Jena; Mesdames J. N. Coleman 
and G. N. Boddie, of Jena and T. M. Butler, of Trout.  The children surviving 
are:  Allen Davis Taylor and Arthur Jarrott Taylor, of Memphis, Tenn.; 
Leonard Henderson Taylor and Mesdames R. E. Prestridge and Lois Crawford, of 
Olla.

Interment was held in the family cemetery at Summerville, Saturday afternoon, 
Rev. D. B. Boddie, of Opelousas, officiating.