Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, Mary E. Monell, 1936 

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MARY EUDORA MONELL TAYLOR

   SUFFOLK, Aug. 20. - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eudora Monell Taylor, wife 
of H. Tazewell Taylor, of Nansemond County, who died last night at midnight at 
her home in the county, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock at 
Bethlehem Christian Church, by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor, assisted by Dr. 
John G. Truitt, and Dr. I.W. Johnson. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

   Active pallbearers will be close relatives, Henry and Calvin Taylor, Taylor 
Powell, Ned Cross, Milton Epperson, Leonard Smith, Jr., Sidney Powell, Jr., and 
H.L. Joyner, Jr.  Members of the Taylor Progressive Bible Class of Bethlehem 
Christian Church, of which Mr. Taylor has been teacher for many years, friends 
and neighbors will serve as honorary pallbearers.

   Mrs. Taylor was the daughter of Francis and Rebecca Monell of the county and 
a member of Bethlehem Christian Church, and was until recently active in the 
church work for more than half a century. Her many charities and her spirit of 
neighborliness and hospitality, made her home for many years a gathering place 
for her friends and neighbors.  She was also an active member of the Ladies Aid 
Society of the church and of the Women’s Bible Class.

   Last year Mr. and Mrs. Taylor celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons John R. Taylor, of Suffolk 
and Jesse C. Taylor, of Ironton, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. A.M. Griggs and 
Mrs. Charlie Powell, of the county, and Mrs. A.W. Dudley, of Redjacket, W.Va., 
and the following grandchildren; Mrs. Milton Epperson, Mrs. Ned Cross, Mrs. 
Christopher Cross, Elizabeth, Evelyn, Ella Louise, and Barbara Griggs, Henry, 
Dorothy, Calvin and John R. Taylor, Virginia Ware Taylor, Otis, Taylor, and Mary 
Sue Powell, all of Nansemond County; Mrs. Virginia Yates, Jams and Lena Owens, 
of West Virginia, and a number of great-grandchildren.


[Mary Eudora (MONELL; Mrs. H. Tazewell) TAYLOR, d. 20 Aug 1936, 
 interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 103), 21 Aug 1936, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown, dateline Aug. 20, 1936] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]