Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Friday, January 12, 1962

Mrs. Ruby Taunton

FERRIDAY (Special) -- Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Taunton, 52, of Jonesville, were scheduled to be held 2 p.m. Friday in the Utility Baptist Church with the Rev. Gale McNair officiating.

Mrs. Taunton died Thursday morning in a Natchez hospital after a brief illness.

Burial was be in the Taunton Cemetery under direction of Youngs Funeral Home of Ferriday.

Surviving are her husband, Jack Taunton, Jonesville; three sons, Joe Taunton, Jonesville; Jack Taunton Jr., Jena; Jimmy E. Taunton, Dubach; two daughters, Mrs. Walter Harris, Oak Grove; Mrs. Elmos McClure, Jonesville; five sisters, Mrs. Sally Taylor, Pineville; Mrs. Irma Taylor, Mrs. Lois Ford, Mrs. Annie Randall and Mrs. Addie Marnis, all of Wallace Ridge and 14 grandchildren.