John Henry Taylor (1924-1970)

John Henry Taylor was born on 2 July 1924 in Mississippi. He died on 19 December 1970 in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi from an auto accident. He is buried in King's Cemetery in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi.  He married Bessie Mae Kennedy on 19 October 1943 in Clarke, Mississippi.

John Henry Taylor

John Henry Taylor's headstone

The Clarke County Tribune, 25 Dec 1970 
   Funeral services for John Henry Taylor, 46, of Camden, Ala., a former resident of Clarke County, were held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Walters Funeral Home Chapel with interment in the King Cemetery.
   Mr. Taylor was killed in an automobile accident near Camden Saturday night.
   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Taylor; six daughters, Mrs. Diane Johnson, Miss Mary Beth Taylor, Miss Rebecca Taylor, Miss Jane Taylor and Miss Carla Taylor, all of Camden, and Mrs. Christine Herbert of Wilford, Tex.; four sons, John F. Taylor of Bright Port, Tex., J.C. Taylor of Spanish Fort, Ala., and Richard Taylor and Wayne Taylor, both of Camden; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hutto of Selma, Ala., Mrs. Lucille McMullian of Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Daisy Woodall of Mobile, Ala., and 11 grandchildren.

PARENTS
John Franklin Taylor
Elizabeth E. Taylor

SPOUSE
Bessie Mae Kennedy

CHILDREN
John Franklin Taylor
J.C. Taylor
Laura Diane Taylor
Christine Taylor
Mary Beth Taylor
Richard Taylor
Wayne Taylor
Rebecca Taylor
Jane Taylor
Clara Taylor

SOURCES

• 1930 census, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1940 census, Beat 1, Clarke, Mississippi

• The Clarke County Tribune, 25 Dec 1970

• Find A Grave