Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, James C. Jr., 1961 

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JAMES CLAYTON TAYLOR

J.C. TAYLOR FUNERAL TUESDAY AT CHURCH

   James Clayton Taylor, Jr., 48, died Saturday afternoon in a hospital here 
after a long illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Laura Newsome Taylor and a son of the late James 
Clayton Taylor and Mrs. Cora Frances Andrews Taylor of Pitt County, N.C.

   He moved to Franklin about 20 years ago.  He was plant manager of Olin 
Mathieson Chemical Co. in Franklin.

   He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church, Pythian Lodge 51, Woodmen of 
the World, Forks of the River Ruritan Club, Tidewater Beagle Club, and Hunt 
Club.

   Besides his widow, surviving are one son, Vernon Clayton Taylor of Holland; 
one daughter, Mrs. Dian Pocrnich of Fox Lake Hills, Ill.; and one brother, 
Vernon E. Taylor of Rich Square, N.C.

   A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Franklin 
Baptist Church by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor.  Burial will be in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers will be Herman Eley, Jesse McClenny, C.A. Cutchins, III, W.M. 
Camp, Jr., John E. Ray, III and Woodrow Livesay.

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James C. Taylor Buried in Franklin 

  FRANKLIN - A funeral service for James Clayton Taylor who died Saturday, was 
conducted in Franklin Baptist Church Tuesday by the Rev Ira D. Hudgins, 
pastor.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Herman Eley, Jesse McClenny, C.A. Cutchins, III, W.M. Camp, 
Jr., John E. Ray, III, and Woodrow Livesay. 


James Clayton TAYLOR, Jr., of Franklin, chemical plant manager, 
b. 13 Sep 1912, Bethel*, Pitt Co., NC, d. 21 Jan 1961, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 234*), Franklin, 
   24 Jan 1961, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 56, No. 23, Mon., Jan. 23, 1961, p. 5; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 21, Wed., Jan. 25, 1961, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by HLMT - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110841471. 

D.Cert. 2822 (Franklin #19) gives b. Bethel, Pitt Co., NC. 

His WW-II draft card gives b. Greenville*, Pitt Co., NC. 

His widow (1915 - 2000) 3m. James Digges DARDEN (1916 - 1997) 27 May 1972 
   (Southampton Co. #59).  They are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-22): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His father (1862 - 1920) is buried with his first wife in the Bethel Town 
   Cemetery, Bethel, Pitt Co., NC. 

His mother (1888 - 1955) 2m. Rev. "Tom" Thomas Henry BARNHILL (1860 - 1947) 
   and 3m. William Lindsey POTEET (1901 - 1973).  All three are buried in 
   Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., NC.  Her obit ("Rocky Mount 
   [NC] Telegram," Aug. 2, 1955) is posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #220169742. 


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