NAME: JAMES HOLLAND TAYLOR, AGE 99, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 9, 1903 AT LEE, MISSISSIPPI TO JAMES ARTHUR AND VIRGINIA ANN (BUCHANAN) TAYLOR.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 99 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED BENTLEY AND BLACKJACK SCHOOLS AND LATER ATTENDED CLASSES AT MURRAY STATE COLLEGE.

MARRIED: MAUDIE LEE ROUNSAVILLE ON JUNE 4, 1922 IN A HORSE DRAWN BUGGY BY REV. P. L. WILLIAMS AT BLACKJACK, OK.

OCCUPATION: HOLLAND WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER, OWNED AND OPERATED A GAS STATION AND GROCERY STORE, WAS ETHAN ALLEN'S FIRST NIGHT WATCHMAN, AND A VOLUNTEER DEPUTY AND DISPATCHER FOR SHERIFF CECIL FRAZIER. HOLLAND WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND SITE MANAGERS FOR THE ATOKA SENIOR CITIZENS NUTRITION PROGRAM. HE WAS ALSO A TAXI DRIVER AND WORKED FOR AND RETIRED FROM THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AFTER 37 YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

HOLLAND ENJOYED SQUIRREL HUNTING.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER: DOT HEMBREE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: MARILYN RANKIN AND HUSBAND JIM OF ATOKA, OK. EVELYN MILLER OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MARLA EDWARDS OF WAPANUCKA, OK. MICHAEL MILLER OF ATOKA, OK. K. DON WHITE AND WIFE SHEILA OF ATOKA, OK. NIKKI FINCH AND HUSBAND CHUCK OF ATOKA, OK. MARION RICHARDSON AND WIFE DONDIE OF MCKINNEY, TX.

GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CORY, MARISA, TAMRA, TAYLOR, TRISTAN, DREW, JASON, TRAPPER, AND BLAKE.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE: MAUDIE LEE TAYLOR ON DECEMBER 4, 2001. PARENTS: JAMES ARTHUR AND VIRGINIA ANN TAYLOR. 4 BROTHERS AND 1 SISTER.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS: WAYNE GEORGE, CALVIN MAYHEW, CARL HUTSON, DONNIE BURKE, MELVIN STEPHENS, BILLY STEPHENS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MALONE, HARVEY CAPPS, GILBERT BAKER, ARVEL HALL, DOUG HANEY, JAMES WILLIAMS, SHORTY POWELL, HAROLD ROLAND, BILL MILLER, REV. BOB JOHNSON, KENNETH FRAZIER, FRED HOLLEY.