THE BAXLEY NEWS-BANNER
Baxley, Georgia
Thursday, August 23, 1956

Final Rites For Mrs. T. P. Taylor

Graveside services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Deen Cemetery with the Rev. Charles S. Easom officiating.

Mrs. Taylor was found shot to death in her automobile on a lonely dirt road Sunday. Detectives said she had been shot in the back of the head and died between 9 and 10 p.m. Saturday. Her purse had been reified. Her husband said she left home about 9 p.m. to mail a letter.

Mrs. Taylor was a native of Baxley and lived here until 1948 when she moved to Jacksonville, She was 54 years old.

She was a counselor for the Daughters of the American Revolution. A memorial service for her was held by that organization in Jacksonville Monday night. She was also a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas P. Taylor, Jacksonville; her mother, Mrs. J. J. Miles, Baxley; four daughters, Mrs. Merle Morehouse, Mrs. Dorothy Ann Collins and Mrs. Frankie Blanton, all of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Mildred Fowler of Waycross, six sons, Grady W. Deen, Quinton A. Deen and James E. Deen, all of Jacksonville, Herbert Deen of Baxley, Downing D. Deen, Jr., Loring AFB, Maine, Thomas L. Deen, U. S. Army, Columbus, two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Hampton, and Mrs. Clifford Smith, Sr., all of Baxley; and one brother, Ralph Miles of Baxley and 13 grandchildren.

Strickland Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements.