CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Zillah B. Taylor, 17 Apr 2002
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Zillah B. Taylor

   Mrs. Zillah B. Taylor, 89, 2209 Hillrise Avenue, Elizabethton, died 
Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at Pine Ridge Care Center.
   Mrs. Taylor was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late 
Willie and Lizze Hammet Meredith. She was also preceded in death by her 
husband, Hobert C. Taylor, in 1959, a sister, Sally Dossett, and two 
brothers, Ira and Elbert Meredith.
   Mrs. Taylor was a Charter Member and the Oldest Member of Gap Creek 
Christian Church.
   Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Bryan Burleson, 
Elizabethton; two sisters, Marie Jones, Kingsport, and Jeanette Gibson, 
Oak Ridge; three grandchildren, Richard C. Burleson, Keith Burleson and 
Cindy Robinson; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; 
and a sister-in-law, Lucille Meredith, Elizabethton.
   Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
   
   TAYLOR -- Funeral services for Mrs. Zillah B. Taylor, 89, 2209 
Hillrise Avenue, Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, April 17, 2002, will 
be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with 
Mr. David Slayton and Mr. Roy Hampton, ministers, officiating. Music will 
be provided by Bobby McGee. Graveside services and interment will be 
conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20, in the Taylor Cemetery, Bob Taylor 
Road, Elizabethton. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at 
the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Saturday, will be Anthony Lyons, Tony Meredith, 
Joe Taylor, Randy Gibson, Mike Jones and Mark Edens. Honorary pallbearers 
will be members of Gap Creek Christian Church, members of Buffalo Valley 
Christian Church and employees of Pine Ridge Care Center. The family will 
receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may 
also call at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Bryan 
Burleson, 2209 Hillrise Avenue, Elizabethton. To those who prefer, memorials 
may be made in memory of Mrs. Taylor to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. 
Box 776, Elizabethton, TN 37644 or to the Veteran's Memorial Fund, c/o City 
Finance Director, 136 S. Sycamore Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Family 
and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Saturday. Condolences 
may be e-mailed to the Taylor Family at mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral 
Chapel is in charge of arrangements.