CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ruben M. Taylor, 13 Aug 2001
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Ruben M. Taylor

   Ruben M. Taylor, 79, 174 Hurley Hollow Road, Elizabethton, died Monday, 
August 13, 2001, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Hospital, 
Mountain Home, following an extended illness.
   Mr. Taylor was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Joe and 
Grace Taylor. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen J. Taylor, 
December 8, 1998, a brother, Paul Taylor, and two sisters, Beulah Garland and 
Beryl Lewis.
   Mr. Taylor was a member of Moores Chapel Free Will Baptist Church and a 
retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation after 30 years of service 
in the D.D. Twisting Department. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, having served in 
World War II, and a member of the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter #17.
   Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Robin and Eddie Presnell 
and Betty and Woodrow Richardson, all of Elizabethton; a brother, Luther 
Taylor, Elizabethton; and two sisters, Hazel Hall and Magdeline Peters, both 
of Elizabethton. Eight grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, several 
nieces and nephews, special friends, Terry, Rosalee, Amanda and Ryan Oaks 
and Alice Peters, and a special caregiver, Betty Collins.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

   TAYLOR -- Funeral services for Ruben M. Taylor, 79, 174 Hurley Hollow 
Road, Elizabethton, who died Monday, August 13, 2001, will be conducted at 
8 p.m. Wednesday, August 15, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, with 
the Rev. Sonny Thomas, the Rev. Willie Campbell and the Rev. Keith Stockton 
officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Moores Chapel Free 
Will Baptist Church Choir. Graveside services and interment will be at 10 
a.m. Thursday, August 16, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Military Honors 
accorded by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post #2166. Active pallbearers 
will be selected from grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be friends and 
neighbors. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 8:15 a.m. Thursday to 
go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 
to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the 
residence of a daughter, Robin Presnell, 175 Earl Williams Road, 
Elizabethton, at any time. Condolences may be sent to the family via 
e-mail address tetrick@funeral-plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside 
Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of arrangements.