Obituaries:  Mr. Ira Payne Taylor, Sabine Parish       T-460
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 25, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Ira Payne Taylor (Photo)

  Mr. Ira Payne Taylor, 81, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, of a stroke,
at Memorial Medical Center in Metairie.

  Services were held at Leitz Egan Funeral Home, and burial was at
Garden of Memories in Metairie, Nov. 13.

  Mr. Taylor was a retired manager of Caterpillar Tractor Co. He
lived in Shreveport for 23 years. He was a member of Emmanuel
Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, Sunday School Supt.,
Youth Director, and the Men's Brotherhood. Mr. Taylor was active
in community affairs, a past president of the South Shreveport
Rotary Club, the Elmwood Industrial Assn., and
secretary/treasurer of the Metairie Chapter of AARP.

  Mr. Taylor moved to Metairie in 1970, and there, was a member of
Memorial Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon until his
death.

  Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years,
Kathleen Wingo Taylor. Survivors include his widow, Sarah Taylor;
one son, Charles Winston Taylor and wife Margaret of New Orleans;
one daughter, Ann Taylor Anderson and husband J. B. of Florien;
two brothers, Walton G. Taylor of Kenosha, Wis., and William
Edward Taylor of Aberdeen, Miss.; two grandchildren, David Wayne
Allen of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Wendy Taylor of New Orleans.

  Mr. Taylor was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.