Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, April 10, 1969

Bullard Taunton

JONESVILLE (Special) -- Funeral services for Bullard D. Taunton, 90, of Jonesville, were held at 10 a.m. today in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church at the Sandy Lake Community with the Rev. Claudie Jenkins officiating.

Burial was in Taunton Cemetery at Manifest under direction of Young's Funeral Home of Ferriday.

Mr. Taunton died Tuesday night at the Concordia Parish Hospital after a short illness.

He was a native of Manifest and was a life long resident of Catahoula Parish. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include four sons, Oliver Taunton and Jack Taunton, both of Jonesville, Thompson Taunton of Ferriday and T. D. (Doc) Baunton [sic Taunton] of Vidalia; two daughters, Mrs. L. K. Poole of Ferriday and Mrs. S. M. Bass of Jonesville; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.