Obit of Icie Lavente Taylor (t460) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 1 Sep 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Taylor, Snell, Dawson, Swank, Nixon, Humble, Meredith, Kuepper Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5034 Icie Lavente Taylor, daughter of John William Snell and Minnie Belle Coen Snell, was born on February 27, 1907 at Grow, northwest of Leedey. She died Wednesday morning October 20, 1999 at the Leedey Nursing Center, at the age of 92. Icie spent her early life in the Shirley community, where she attended Shirley and Liberty Center Schools. At the age of 18 Icie accepted Christ as her Saviour and was baptized in the Harrel Ranch pond. On August 8, 1924, she was united in marriage to Frank Griffin Taylor at Cheyenne. To this union two daughters were born, Gertrude Alene and Angela Mae. After their marriage, Frank and Icie lived on a farm northwest of Leedey. In 1954, Icie moved to Panhandle, Texas, where she lived until 1956, at which time she moved to Roswell, New Mexico. This remained her home until 1973, when she returned to Leedey. Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Leedey First Baptist Church. Icie was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Ester Dawson and Mary Swank; two brothers, Bill and Jess Snell. Survivors include: two daughters, Gertrude Alene Nixon of Leedey, and Angela Mae Humble of Roswell, New Mexico, two step-daughters, Georgetta Meredith and Velma Kuepper, 11 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK