Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, John W., 1962 

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John Taylor, 76, Watchman, Dies In Hospital 

  John Wesley Taylor, 76, a retired watchman for Planters Peanuts, died Sunday 
at 10:10 p.m. in Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  He was the son of the late Samuel and Maggie Whitehurst Taylor and the 
widower of Ruth Hedgepeth Taylor. 

  He was a member of Oxford Methodist Church.  He resided at 307 Morgan St. 

  Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Taylor Jones of Franklin and Miss Eva 
Taylor of Myrtle, one granddaughter, and four great-grandchildren. 

  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at I.O. Hill Funeral Home 
with Rev. J.C. Weaver, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church, officiating.  Burial 
will be in Antioch Christian Church cemetery. 

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Taylor Funeral Held Yesterday 

  Funeral services for John Wesley Taylor, who died Sunday, were conducted 
Wednesday afternoon in the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. James C. Weaver, 
pastor of Oxford Methodist Church.  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church 
Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Frank Jernigan, Douglas Evans, Clyde Rountree, Oscar 
Holland, Jack Munford, T.L. Jones, George Ferguson and W.S. Bass. 


John Wesley TAYLOR, of Suffolk, retired Planters watchman, 
b. 26 Jan 1886*, Longview, Isle of Wight Co., d. 8 Jul 1962, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 11 Jul 1962, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 40, No. 162, Mon., July 9, 1962, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 40, No. 166, Fri., July 13, 1962, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92731271. 

D.Cert. 19872 (Chuckatuck #211) 

The 1900 Census - Newport Dist., IoW.Co. - gives b. Jan 1884. 

His wife's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 4, 5 & 7, 1956) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/t460r5ob.txt 


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