Obituaries: Jimmie Wainwright Taylor, Sr., 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 23, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

J. W. Taylor, Sr., Retired T & G Engineer, Dies

Jimmie Wainwright Taylor, Sr., 72, died Sunday at 1:55 a.m. in a Winnfield
hospital after a long illness.  Taylor was a retired locomotive engineer for
the Tremont & Gulf Railway Co.  He was a native of Waldo, Ark.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Union Baptist Church with
Rev. Willie James officiating, assisted by Rev. W. A. Wimbs and Rev. J. H.
Holt.

Burial was in Union Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of
Winnfield.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Taylor of Joyce; two sons, Jimmie W.
Taylor, Jr. of Shreveport and Dan H. Taylor of Joyce; two daughters, Mrs. Floy
Bartholomew of Joyce and Mrs. Jessie Russell of San Marcos, Calif.; a half
brother, Fred Glover of Coushatta; a half sister, Mrs. Carl Shepard of
Joyce, and eight grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Ed Gassiott, Andrew Jenkins, Louis Jenkins, Charley Bright,
Walter Maxwell, and P. H. Cole.