Extracted from The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Tollie A. Taunton
Funeral services for Tollie A. Taunton, 84, of Jonesville will be held at
First Baptist Church of Jonesville on Monday, November 15, 2004 at 2 p.m.
with Brother Lester Johnson and Rev. Frank Bass officiating. Interment will
follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, Jena under the direction of Young's Funeral
Home of Jonesville.
Mr. Taunton died Saturday, November 13, 2004 at Riverland Medical Center in
Ferriday. He was a resident of Joneville and a Deacon and Sunday School
Superintendant of the First Baptist Church of Jonesville. He served in the
Army during WWII.
He was preceded in death by his brother, J.B. Taunton; father, Oliver D.
Taunton and mother, Annie West Taunton.
Survivors include his wife, Simmie Taunton of Jonesville; sons, Sammy and
his wife, Terri Taunton of Ferriday, Don and his wife Judy Taunton of
Pineville and G. Michael Taunton of West Monroe; grandsons, Brent and
Jessica Prudhomme of Fort Benning, Ga. and Kirk and Angie Taunton of
Pineville; three great-grandchildren, Lacy, Haley and Logan Prudhomme.
The pallbearers will be Ronnie King, Terry Smith, Brent Prudhomme, Howard
Hardie, Maxine Taunton and Jim Wilson. The Honorary Pallbearers will be the
Deacons of The First Baptist Church, David ``Buster'' Barber, Joe Barber and
Billy Edwards.
The family will receive friends at First Baptist Church of Jonesville from
noon to 2 p.m. Monday, November 15, 2004.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004