Joseph Edward Taylor (1878-1961)

Joseph Edward Taylor was born on 30 August 1878 in Mississippi. He died on 8 February 1961 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi. He is buried in Covington Cemetery in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi. He married Bettie Quimby on 7 May 1897 in Clarke, Mississippi.

Joseph Edward Taylor's headstone

 

The Clarke County Tribune, 10 Feb 1961 
   Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Northrup Chapel church for Joe Edward Taylor, 93, Quitman, with the Revs. O. F. Grisham, Charles Barnes and Johnny Mosley officiating. Interment was in Covington cemetery with Walters Funeral Home in charge.
   Mr. Taylor died in a Meridian hospital Wednesday morning.
   He was a retired farmer.
   Survivors are three sons, Chester and George, Prichard, Ala., and Samuel, Quitman; four daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Dearman, Meridian, Mrs. Clara Satcher and Mrs. Daisy Dew, both of Quitman, and Mrs. Rachael Strickland, Stonewall; one sister, Mrs. Martha Mosley, Quitman, and 54 grandchildren.
   Pallbearers were Sam Taylor, Buddie Mosley, Bud Taylor, James Taylor, A.C. Taylor and George T. Taylor.

PARENTS
Wesley Taylor
Christina Phoebe White

SPOUSES
Bettie Quimby
Lela A. Griffith

CHILDREN
Wesley Joe Taylor
William Taylor
Cricket Taylor
Arthur Chester Taylor
George Cleveland Taylor
Clara Taylor
Clinton Taylor
Samuel Artis Taylor
Daisy Ophelia Taylor
Myrtle L. Taylor
Rachel Ellen Taylor

SOURCES

• 1880 census, Beat 3 Enterprise, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1900 census, Beat 3 Enterprise, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1910 census, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1920 census, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1930 census, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1940 census, Beat 1, Clarke, Mississippi

• The Clarke County Tribune, 10 Feb 1961

• Find A Grave