Extracted from the Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Monday, August 13, 2001

J.B. Taunton

JONESVILLE -- Services for J.B. Taunton will be at 10 a.m. today in Lake Lilly Baptist Church, Jonesville, with Frank Bass and Jess Baird officiating. Burial will be in Heard Cemetery, Manifest, under direction of Young's, Jonesville.

Taunton, 76, of Jonesville, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, in Columns Nursing Home, Jonesville.

He was a retired security guard for the LaSalle Community Action Center. He was a member and a deacon of Lake Lilly Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Willie Taunton.

Survivors include one daughter, Janet Payne of Jonesville; one son, Maxie Taunton of Jonesville; one brother, Tollie Taunton of Jonesville and four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Billy Joe Bass, Daymon Bass, Jimbo Mcmillin, Mark Mcmillin, Sammy Taunton and Tony White.

Friends may call until time of services today in the church.