 1917 - 2010 (92 years)
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| Name |
Christine Meadows [1] |
| Birth |
5 Jun 1917 |
Normantown, Toombs, Georgia, USA  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Female |
| SSN issued |
Bef 1951 |
Georgia, USA [3] |
| Name |
Christine Taylor [2, 3] |
| Social Security Number |
256-28-2985 [3] |
| Death |
21 Apr 2010 |
La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA [2, 3] |
- Christine Meadows Taylor: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
LaGrange Daily News (GA) - April 23, 2010
Deceased Name: Christine Meadows Taylor
Mrs. Christine Meadows Taylor, age 92, of La-Grange died on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at West Georgia Hospice.
Born on June 5, 1917, in Normantown, Georgia, she was the daughter of Jesse Cleveland Meadows and Florence Wilkes Meadows. She was educated in the public schools in Vidalia, Georgia and graduated from Vidalia High School in 1934. She attended Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville and graduated from LaGrange College.
She received a Masters Degree and a Sixth Year Educational Specialist Degree from the University of Georgia.
Mrs. Taylor taught school at Marvin Yancey High School in Tombs County, Georgia and at Harwell Avenue School in the LaGrange School System.
She was the Visiting Teacher for the LaGrange School System and contributed to the founding of the School Social Workers Association of Georgia.
She was selected as the LaGrange Lions Club Servant of the Year in 1981.
She retired from the LaGrange School System in 1986.
Mrs. Taylor joined the First Baptist Church of Vidalia upon her profession of faith at the age of ten. She has been a member of the First Baptist Church of LaGrange since 1946 and was active in various ministries of the Church. She was a worker in and director of the Primary Two Children's Sunday School Department for 31 years. She served as a Trustee of the Georgia Baptist Children's Home from 1971 to 1976.
At the time of her death, she was a member of the Dorcas Sunday School Class. At First Baptist, she was a member and participant in the Women's Missionary Union, Merry Makers and the Bereavement Committee.
She participated in various civic and community activities to include being a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
She was a member of LaGrange Woman's Club where she served in various capacities to include President. She was also a member of the Roundtable Book Club and a charter member of the Pine Needle Garden Club.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death in 1987 by her husband of 46 years, James W. Taylor, and by her brother, Dr. J. C. Meadows, Jr.
She is survived by her son, John Meadows Taylor and his wife, Bit; her daughter, Julia Wilkes Taylor, both of LaGrange; and her granddaughter, Julia Dean Taylor Cleaveland and her husband, Phil, of Atlanta. She is survived by her sister, Julia M. Frerichs and her husband, Dr. C. T. Frerichs, of Beatrice, Nebraska and numerous nieces and nephews.
Additionally, she is survived by her two extraordinary and loving caregivers, Daisy Chapman and Mary Reese.
Funeral services will be held in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of LaGrange at 11:00 o'clock a.m. on Monday, April 26, 2010 with Reverend Malcolm Cole Davis and Reverend James Meadows officiating. Burial will follow in the Shadowlawn Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Striffler Hamby Funeral Home in LaGrange on Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Flowers will be accepted.
However, it is the request of the family that donations be made to the Georgia Baptist Children's Home, P. O. Box 329, Palmetto, Georgia 30268 or to West Georgia Hospice, 1510 Vernon Road, LaGrange, Georgia 30240 in her memory.
Arrangements are by Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 1010 Mooty Bridge Road, LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 884-8636 www.shlagrange.com.
Christine Meadows Taylor.Page: 2
Copyright, 2010, LaGrange Daily News, Heartland Publications, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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| Burial |
26 Apr 2010 |
Shadowlawn Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, USA [2] |
| Person ID |
I22716 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Jesse Cleveland Meadows, b. 30 Jan 1884, Johnson, Georgia, USA d. 5 Dec 1977, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA (Age 93 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Florence Mary Wilkes, b. 22 Jul 1888, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA d. 25 Jan 1974, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA (Age 85 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
18 Aug 1915 |
Blair, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA [4] |
| Family ID |
F7129 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
James William Taylor, b. 4 Sep 1914, Waresville, Heard, Georgia, USA d. 8 Sep 1987, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Jun 1940 |
Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA [1] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F7642 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Birth - 5 Jun 1917 - Normantown, Toombs, Georgia, USA |
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 | Marriage - 20 Jun 1940 - Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA |
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 | SSN issued - Bef 1951 - Georgia, USA |
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 | Death - 21 Apr 2010 - La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA |
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Record for Christine Taylor
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=8284707&indiv=try
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Record for Christine Taylor
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=87245895&indiv=try
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=87245895&indiv=try
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