Obit of Ila Lavois (Blackie) Taylor (t460) - Kiowa County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 22 Jul 2002 Return to Kiowa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kiowa/kiowa.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Ila Lavois (Blackie) Taylor Ila Lavois (Blackie) Taylor, 65, was born Sept. 19, 1936, at Snyder, OK, to Lee Edward (Bid) Ryder and Lucy (Hodson) Ryder. She passed from this life with gentleness of spirit and love, on June 23, 2002, at her home in Bethany, OK, after a brave 25-year fight with multiple sclerosis. She was an active member of First Baptist Church, Bethany, which provided wonderful spiritual support & visitation to sustain her faith through Christian love. She was loved, cared for and protected by her children, brothers, & sisters, which provided a quality of life and dignity in her illness. Lavois is survived by her children, Leann of the home, Jeannene of Crescent, Lewis & wife, Sandra, Yukon; 4 grandchildren, Billy, Miste, Brooke, and Ashlee; great granddaughter, Emery; 5 brothers, Billy Joe, Johnny, A.J., Jerry and Bobby; 5 sisters, Wynema New, Valois Schuller (twin), Sharon Phelps, Sandra Hannington, and Shirleta Benfield; and a host of nieces & nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and 1 brother. Memorials may be made to the Building Fund, First Baptist Church of Bethany, 3800 N. Mueller, Bethany, OK 73008, or to a charity of your choice. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., June 26, at Mercer Adams Funeral Chapel, with graveside services to follow at 4:00 p.m. in the Snyder, OK Cemetery. MERCER-ADAMS Published in the Oklahoman on 6/25/2002.