Verda Louise Taylor
Verda Louise Taylor, 94, of Greenville, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Briarcliff Health Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Friday, September 12, 2014 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel will Dr. Kelly Carr officiating. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation was held 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Thursday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Taylor was born in Rogers, Texas on July 23, 1920. She was the daughter of Isaac Whiteford Rawlins and Lizzie Seaton Rawlins. On June 5, 1937, she married Herbert Alfred Taylor in Rogers, Texas. She was a Baptist and homemaker.
Survivors include her son, Billy Joe Taylor and wife, Denise of Greenville; daughters, Diann Kimberling and husband, Walter of Kaufman and Jolene Gentry and husband, Rex of Benton, Arkansas; grandchildren, Blake Taylor of Greenville, Mark Kimberling of Dallas, Dale Kimberling of Sarasota, Florida, Shawn Gentry of Benton, Arkansas and Kimberly Gentry of Benton, Arkansas; lifelong friend, Melba Easterwood; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Taylor; brother, Isaac Rawlins; and sister, Annie Mae Williams.
Pallbearers will be Blake Taylor, Shawn Gentry, Eric Hilton, James Hilton, Jordan Gentry, Hubert Miller and Dave Coleman.
The family requests memorials be made to Vitas Hospice or Alzheimer’s Research in memory of Mrs. Taylor.