Lilburn Hershel Taylor

Lilburn Hershel Taylor, passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter in St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday June 9, 2006 at the age of ninety seven years and ten months. Mr. Taylor was born August 5, 1908, on the farm just north of the Brown’s Chapel Baptist Church near Paragould, Arkansas, which was the home of his maternal grandparents. His parents were William Cornelius (Neil) Taylor and Effie Rogers Taylor.

He grew up in the Childress Community and there married Henrietta Clark in 1931. To this union two daughters were born, LaNell Barnes and Nancy Enoch. He spent most of his life as a farmer. He was a long time resident of the Childress community before coming to the Jonesboro area.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Henrietta Clark Taylor, his brothers Maurice Taylor and Burdette Taylor, and his sisters Arleta Taylor, Lucille Braden and Fannye Waters.

He is survived by his two daughters, LaNell Barnes of St. Louis, Nancy Enoch of Little Rock, five grandsons, five great grandsons, two great granddaughters, many nieces, nephews and friends. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro where he served as a deacon and a member of the choir. All who knew him will miss his graceful and gentle Christian character, his genuine open friendship, and his ever ready humor and wit.

Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at First Baptist Church in Jonesboro with Dr. Bruce Tippit officiating. Burial will follow at Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery
with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be from 5 – 7 Monday night at Emerson Funeral Home.

For those wishing to leave lasting memorials, the family suggests that gifts may be made through the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro to the International Mission Board, SBC, or to the Heifer Project International, One World Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72202