Love Co., OK. - Obits: B.E. Taliaferro

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                        Obit for B.E. Taliaferro

Services for B.E. Taliaferro, 94, of Leon were Sunday, October 31, at 2:30 p.m.
in the Leon Baptist Church with Rev. Dwight Hawkins officiating.

Mr. Taliaferro was born November 21, 1904, at Leon, Indian Territory, and died
October 29, 1999, in a nursing center in Archer City, Texas.

Mr. Taliaferro was a veteran of the U.S. Marines Corps and had owned and
operated Taliaferro Grocery Store in Leon from 1948 to 1967. He was also a
farmer throughout most of the life. Mr. Taliaferro was a member of the
International Order of Odd Fellows in the Leon and Marietta Chapters, a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Leon Independent School District and was
instrumental in starting the Leon Water District where he had served on the
Board of Directors for many years. He had also served as Justice of the Peace
for Love County. Mr. Taliaferro was a Methodist and had been a resident of
Archer City since November 1996.

He and the former Haughty Davis were married June 4, 1929, at Leon.

He is survived by two sons, Bill Taliaferro of Archer City and Charles
Taliaferro of Stillwater; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Taliaferro was preceded in death by his wife on November 24, 1983; and a
daughter, Alma Faye Taliaferro on December 16, 1934.

Interment was in the Leon Cemetery under the direction of Aulds Funeral Home in
Archer City.

The family suggests memorials to the Leon Baptist Church, P.O. Box 23, Leon, OK
73441 or the Leon Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 57, Leon, OK 73441.

Reprinted from the Marietta Monitor, Love County, November 5, 1999.