Cimarron Co., OK - OBIT:  Mary Finis King Taggart

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Submitted by:  Jana Taggart Petermann
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  Surnames: Taggart, King
 
  Mary Finis Taggart, the youngest and last surviving of six daughters of 
  James Henry and Mary Elizabeth King, was born near Warrensburg, Missouri,
  December 23, 1883. She passed away in Guymon Memorial Hospital, August 21, 1967, 
  at the age of 83 years, seven months and 28 days.
  When she was a young girl the King family moved to a farm near Magnolia, 
  Missouri, where she met and later married William Calvin Taggart on October
  20, 1903. Mr. Taggart preceded her in death on August 23, 1966.
  In 1906 she and her husband moved to Cimarron County, Oklahoma and settled 
  on a homestead in what was then known as the Sampsel community.
  They proved up on this claim and returned to Missouri in 1911, remaining 
  there until 1920 when they returned to Cimarron County. Following the death of
  her husband she entered the Dunaway Manor, Guymon, in January 1967 and lived 
  there until her final illness of two weeks duration.
  In early life she professed her faith in Christ and became a member of the 
  Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the faith of her family. Upon moving to
  Oklahoma, there being no church of this faith here, she and her husband united 
  with the Methodist Church and at the time of her death she was a member
  of the Marella Methodist Church. She loved her church and as long as physical 
  health permitted gave freely of her time and service to it. She also was
  deeply devoted to her family and home and was, in the truest sense, a Christian 
  mother. She leaves to mourn her passing three sons: Robert of Baldwin Park, 
  California, William of Stillwater, Oklahoma and James of Boise City; two daughters:
  Lois Alexander of Long Beach, California and Mildred Cox of Boise City; 13 
  granchildren, one great grandson and many other relatives and friends.
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  Boise City News
  Boise City, Oklahoma