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Obituary recorded in The Macon Daily Telegraph: Monday morning, June 15, 1925, Page 2, Deaths & Funerals.
MARION TAYLOR
Cuthbert, Ga., June 11 - Marion Taylor, a life-long citizen of Randolph County, died at the home of his son, Sheriff W. E. Taylor, on Church Street in Cuthbert, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Taylor had been sick for several months and was unable to leave his room.
He was born in Randolph County Feb. 6, 1847, and spent his entire life in Randolph County. He was married to Miss Mary E. Saxon in 1867 and they lived together 55 years. She died in February 1923.
Mr. Taylor was a Confederate soldier having served in the Confederacy for two years, when he left home and went to the war when just a boy.
He joined the Bethel Baptist Church when a young man and at the time of his death was a member of the Cuthbert Baptist Church.
He is survived by two brothers, W. L. Taylor, of Fort Gaines, and J. M. Taylor of Randolph County; four sons, T. M. Taylor, J. A. Taylor, R. H. Taylor, and W. E. Taylor, sheriff of Randolph County; one daughter, Miss Nina Mae Taylor, and 12 grandchildren.
His son, W. S. Taylor, was killed during his office as sheriff of this County in 1916.
The body of Mr. Taylor was carried back to the old home church at Bethel where his wife is buried and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. L. Crumbley, a life long friend of the family.
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Obituary recorded in The Macon Daily Telegraph: Monday morning, June 15, 1925, Page 2, Deaths & Funerals.
MARION TAYLOR
Cuthbert, Ga., June 11 - Marion Taylor, a life-long citizen of Randolph County, died at the home of his son, Sheriff W. E. Taylor, on Church Street in Cuthbert, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Taylor had been sick for several months and was unable to leave his room.
He was born in Randolph County Feb. 6, 1847, and spent his entire life in Randolph County. He was married to Miss Mary E. Saxon in 1867 and they lived together 55 years. She died in February 1923.
Mr. Taylor was a Confederate soldier having served in the Confederacy for two years, when he left home and went to the war when just a boy.
He joined the Bethel Baptist Church when a young man and at the time of his death was a member of the Cuthbert Baptist Church.
He is survived by two brothers, W. L. Taylor, of Fort Gaines, and J. M. Taylor of Randolph County; four sons, T. M. Taylor, J. A. Taylor, R. H. Taylor, and W. E. Taylor, sheriff of Randolph County; one daughter, Miss Nina Mae Taylor, and 12 grandchildren.
His son, W. S. Taylor, was killed during his office as sheriff of this County in 1916.
The body of Mr. Taylor was carried back to the old home church at Bethel where his wife is buried and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. L. Crumbley, a life long friend of the family.
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