Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Thursday, December 25, 1997

Essie N. Taylor
Natchez resident

NATCHEZ -- Essie N. Taylor, 87, died of heart attack Wednesday at Natchez Community Hospital.

Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Videlia, La., with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5-9 Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Mrs. Taylor was a Franklin County native. She was the widow of John Henry Taylor Sr.

Survivors include: son, James J. Freeman of Natchez; daughters, Shirley T. Marchland of Gonzales, La., and Carolyn Taylor of Pearl; brother, Jewel Ray Freeman of Natchez; and 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Natchez Children's Home.