Jean Traylor

Jean L. Traylor GATES - Jean Longshore Traylor, 85, of Hackley Road, died Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk. Mrs. Traylor was born May 24, 1923, in LaGrange, Ga., and was the daughter of the late Lillian S. Longshore Holmes and George Curtis Longshore Sr. A graduate of Center High School, she had retired from the Albemarle Regional Library and was a member of Eure Christian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Bill Joe Traylor. Surviving are a daughter, Gina Eure Godwin; a son, Joseph Steven Traylor and wife Laura, both of Eure; four grandchildren, Danielle Blowe and husband Scott, Stephanie Riddick and husband Travis, April Eure and Justin Eure; five great-grandchildren, Brandon, Alicia, Megan, Savannah and Cole; her stepmother, Pat Longshore of LaGrange; four brothers, William Longshore, Howard Longshore and wife Debbie, Teddy Longshore and wife Marsha, all of LaGrange, and Hilton Longshore and wife Nikki of Albany, Ga.; four sisters, Ruth Roberts, Reba Carson and husband Marion, Nita Adcock and husband John, all of LaGrange, and Dot Herring and husband Robert of Moreland, Ga. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Eure Christian Church by the Rev. Michael Brinkley, the Rev. Wayne Gardner and her brother, Howard Longshore. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main St., Gatesville, and other times at the home of her son, 130 Little Island Road, Eure. The family wishes to express their deep appreciation for the love and care shown to their mother by Dr. McBee and his staff and the third floor medical staff of Sentara Obici Hospital.