William Albert Taylor (1928-2011)

William Albert Taylor was born on 3 April 1928 in Mississippi. He died on 16 May 2011 in Marion, Lauderdale, Mississippi from cardiomyopathy. He is buried in Covington Cemetery in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi. He married Otsiree Guelda Chandler on 20 September 1952 in Clarke, Mississippi.

William Albert Taylor

William Albert Taylor's gravestone

The Meridian Star, 18 May 2011
 Services for William Albert "John" Taylor will be held today, at 10:30 a.m., at Northrup Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Jef Jeffers, Rev. Dewayne Robinson and Rev. Hal Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Covington Cemetery with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
   Mr. Taylor, 83, of Quitman, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at Infinity Hospice in Marion. He was a deacon at Northrup Chapel Baptist Church for 50+ years.
   Survivors include his son, Walter Taylor; daughter, Lisa Willis; grandchildren: Jody Busby, Kyle Busby, Kelli McInnis, Jessi Perkins, Josh Willis, Jason Taylor, Jeremy Taylor and Melissa Taylor-Carmack; six great-grandchildren; sister, Susie Mae Arrington; and several nieces, nephews and extended family members.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, a son and a daughter, one brother and one sister.
   Pallbearers will be Larry Bonner, Dennis Ray Cochran, Jerry Reeves, Rick Reeves, Barry White and Mickey Watson.

PARENTS
William Anthony Taylor
Dora Ann Alice Ivey

SPOUSES
Guelda Otsiree Chandler
Frances Marie Estes

CHILDREN
William Ray Taylor
Walter Jay Taylor
Lisa Marie Taylor
Patricia Sue Taylor

SOURCES

• 1930 census, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1940 census, Beat 1, Clarke, Mississippi

• The Meridian Star, 18 May 2011