Source: http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2000/aug/11/obituaries-for-aug-12-2000/

Willa Catherine Anderson Taunton

Jan. 5, 1927 -- Aug. 10, 2000

VIDALIA, La. -- Services for Willa Catherine Anderson Taunton, 73, of Vidalia, who died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000, in Vidalia, will be at 10 a.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gary Nunn and Dr. Ralph Webber officiating.

Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Home.

Mrs. Taunton was born Jan. 5, 1927, in Mangham.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Vidalia, where she taught Sunday school for a number of years. She was a retired school teacher and a member of the Retired Teacher's Association and she was very active in both state and national DECA (Distributive Education) and was named outstanding DE teacher in Louisiana for two years.

Mrs. Taunton was preceded in death by her parents, Bethea and Earline Anderson.

Survivors include her husband, Dock Taunton; two sons and their wives, Brent and Disa Taunton of Vidalia and Mark and Kathleen Taunton of Natchez; three grandchildren, Travis Taunton of Vidalia, Catherine and Andy Taunton of Natchez; two sisters, Virginia Sibley of Clayton and Bonnie Jean Robertson of Ferriday; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Rick Sibley, Richie Sibley, Stephen Sibley, Alan Tompkins, Sam Endres, Bill Laird and Paul Reed.

Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Colvin, Matt Colvin, Andy Colvin, Richard Robertson and Pat Robertson.

The family request memorials be made to Vidalia First Baptist Church.