Southampton-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, Gene A., 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Gene A. Taylor HOPEWELL - Gene Andrews Taylor, 34, of 3415 Granby St., died Monday in his home after a short illness. A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Sue Arnold Taylor and a son of Mrs. Mary Council and the late Henry T. Taylor. He was a member of Boykins Baptist Church and a building construction worker. Besides his widow and mother, surviving are a son, Gene A. Taylor Jr. of Emporia; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Addie Flowers of Drewryville and Mrs. Harriette Gatling of Richmond; two brothers, Henry T. Taylor Jr. of Drewryville and Roland L. Taylor of Boykins; and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Addie F. Grizzard of Drewryville. A funeral service will be conducted today at 4 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. James T. Campbell. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. Gene Andrews TAYLOR, construction worker, Air Force veteran, b. 8 May 1938, Southampton Co., d. 29 Jan 1973, at home, Hopewell, interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. B, Plot 25*), Boykins, 31 Jan 1973, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 27, Wed., Jan. 31, 1973, p. 2 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #68788796. His parents are buried in the same plot. His first wife, Jewel Anne (BLOWE) TAYLOR (1938 - 2007) 2m. William Carlton WILEY. They are buried Annex 2, Plot 94. D.Cert. 73-000569 His widow Mary Sue (ARNOLD) TAYLOR 2m. Martin Luther GIBSON, 28 Sep 1981. (Roanoke #611) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t460g1ob.txt