Jefferson, OK -- Lillye May Nall Taylor  1898-1976

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   Lillye May Nall Taylor
   
   Funeral for Mrs. Clifford (Lillye May) Taylor, 78, well-known Waurika
   resident, who died Friday, December 17 (1976), at Jefferson County
   Hospital, was held Sunday afternoon at the First United Methodist
   Church, Waurika.
   
   Officiating was Rev. John Reskovac of St. Paul's United Methodist
   Church, Lawton. Burial was in Waurika Cemetery under direction of
   Worley Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Kenneth Eck, Joe B. Cogdell, I.
   B. Cogdell, Ernie Drowatzky, Joe B. Cogdell, Jr., all nephews of Mrs.
   Taylor, and C. D. Snider, Jr.
   
   Lillye May Nall was born October 7, 1898, in Honey Grove, Texas. She
   came to Indian Territory, Oklahoma, with her parents, E. E. and
   Frances Josephine Sevier Nall, in 1906. They settled in Waurika where
   the Nalls operated the Nall-Stuard Hotel, a Waurika landmark, for many
   years. She graduated from Waurika High School in 1917 and later
   operated an abstracting business for several years.
   
   She was married to R. Clifford Taylor in Waurika, October 6, 1940.
   They became co-owners with the Grundy family of the City Drug Store.
   In December 1947 they moved to Healdton where they operated the Taylor
   Drug and Pharmacy until their retirement in 1959. The couple returned
   to Waurika in 1961. Mr. Taylor died February 20, 1968.
   
   Mrs. Taylor was a member of the United Methodist Church of Waurika.
   
   She is survived by two sisters: Mrs. Josephine Cogdell, Altus; and
   Mrs. Edwina Brandon, Lawton; one brother, Henry B. Nall, of Oklahoma
   City; and several nieces and nephews.