Gertrude Dixon Taylor

MARSHALL - Funeral services for Gertrude Dixon Taylor will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Sweet Home Church of Christ, Gum Springs Road 968, in Hallsville, with Claude Andrews officiating. A memorial wake service will be from 7-8 p.m. today, April 27, 2010, at Hayward Stanmore Funeral Home, 501 East Austin Street, in Marshall. Burial will be in Dixon Memorial Cemetery on Gum Springs Road under the direction of Stanmore Funeral Home.

Mrs. Taylor, 101, was born August 10, 1908, in Harrison County, and lived in this area for more than 10 decades. She departed this life to join her Heavenly Father on Friday, April 23, 2010, at Good Shepherd Memorial Hospital in Marshall.

Married to the late Johnnie B. Taylor Sr., she was a role model as a Christian wife, mother and homemaker, helping to rear and educate seven children while actively engaged in working and managing their large farm and herds of cattle.

She took great pride in gardening, preserving fresh foods and in teaching the younger women to do the same. Mrs. Taylor devoted much of her time to the church. where she taught Bible classes for many years.

Tom Charles Taylor (Patsy Ruth), her third son, preceded her in death.

Survivors include her sons, Richard Taylor (Betty) of LaMarque and Johnnie B. Taylor Jr. (Rainey Mae), Roosevelt Taylor (Marie) and Alvin Taylor (Thelma), all of Marshall; daughters, Nelderine Taylor Johnson (James E., deceased) of Longview and Aimee Lee Taylor Berkley (Robert, deceased) of San Antonio; an adopted daughter, Cassandra Haygood of Dallas; one brother, Adolphus Dixon, and one sister, Erbie Lee Johnson, both of Dallas; 23 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; many devoted nieces and nephews; a caring church family; and a host of other relatives, neighbors and friends.

The family wishes to express their sincere thanks to Dr. James Logan and the Good Shepherd Hospital staff and Texas Home Health Care for services rendered during her illness. Thanks to nurse Eric and to sitters Chrystal Whaley, Alice White and Felicia King. A very special thanks and appreciation to Cassandra Davis and Benita Armstrong for staying by her side and showing extra warmth, love and support on a daily basis until her demise. Also, thanks to special nieces Mamie Young and Alma Lacy who were consistently there when needed.