Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....TAYLOR, JOHN EMORY February 10, 2026
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LEGACY  Feb.  2026
JOHN EMORY TAYLOR

Funeral services for John Emory Taylor are scheduled for 2 PM Friday, February 
13, 2026, in the chapel of Golden Funeral Home, with Bro. David Sistrunk 
officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will 
receive friends Thursday, February 12, 2026, from 5 PM until 7 PM at Golden 
Funeral Home.

Mr. Taylor, a member of North Bastrop Church of God, passed away Tuesday, 
February 10, 2026, at the age of ninety-five. He retired from the International 
Paper Company and was no stranger to hard work, both at the mill and at home. He 
will always be remembered as an "Awesome" papaw, for the love and dedication he 
gave to his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. 
Family was his life and was centered around his faith in Jesus and his desire 
for them to know and serve the Lord. Mr. Taylor lived a simple life and provided 
well for his family. He had no fear of death because of his hope in Jesus.

Mr. Taylor is survived by his children, Debbie Taylor Baker and husband Glen of 
Bastrop, LA, Brenda Taylor Atkins and husband Fred of Bastrop, LA, Phyllis 
Taylor Rhodes and husband Jerry of Bastrop, LA, and Lisa Taylor Smith and 
husband Jimbo of Linville, LA; sister, Alice "Topsy" Freeland; grandchildren, 
Tim Baker and wife Michelle, Shay Baker Smith and husband Trey, Brandon Baker 
and wife Jenny, Kimberly Atkins Cooper and husband

Bryan, Kristal Atkins Hayman and husband Neil, Jeremy Rhodes and wife Chasity, 
Kaci Rhodes McMillan and husband Kaleb, Kelli Rhodes Marus and husband Casey, 
Jr., Samantha Smith Kitchenman and husband Justin, Erik Taylor Smith and wife 
Casey; twenty great grandchildren; ten great-great grandchildren; special friend 
and pastor, Bro. David Sistrunk; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and 
friends.

He is preceded in death by his wife of sixty-three years, Ruth Virginia Woolsey 
Taylor; parents, John Kenneth Taylor and Mamie Harris Taylor; two sisters, two 
brothers, and great-grandson, Timothy Cole Baker.

Serving the family as pallbearers will be Mr. Taylor's grandsons, Tim Baker, 
Jeremy Rhodes, Erik Smith, Josh Jones, and Jordan Jones, as well as grandson-in-
law, Neil Hayman.

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