Extracted from The Natchez Democrat (Natchez, MS)
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Simmie W. Taunton

JONESVILLE, La. -- Services for Simmie W. Taunton, 83, of Jonesville, La., who died Monday, March 14, 2005, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home of Ferriday, La., will be 2 p.m. today at Young's Funeral Home of Jonesville with Bro. Lester Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Jena, La. under the direction of Young's Funeral Home. Visitation is from noon until service time today at the funeral home. Mrs. Taunton was a resident of Jonesville, a homemaker, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Tollie A. Taunton; father, Will West; and mother, Iva Musgroves West.

Survivors include three sons, Sammy Taunton and wife, Terri, of Ferriday, La., Don Taunton and wife, Judy, of Pineville, La., and G. Michael Taunton of LaPlace, La.; grandsons, Kirk and Angie Taunton of Pineville and Brent and Jessica Prudhomme, of Fort Benning, Ga.; three great-grandchildren, Lacy, Haley, and Logan Prudhomme; and sister, Vera Butler of Cairo, Ga.