NAME: LOUIS JAMES TAYLOR, AGE 73, OF TUSHKA, OK.

BORN: JULY 30, 1931 AT COALGATE , OKLA. TO GROVER CLEVE AND MARY ELLEN (MILLER) TAYLOR.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 2005 NEAR CANEY IN AN AUTO-TRUCK ACCIDENT

AGE: 73 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS

EDUCATION: LOUIS ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GRASSHOPPER IN COAL COUNTY AND HE ATTENDED OKLAHOMA BARBER COLLEGE AT OKLAHOMA CITY IN 1963 AND 1964.

MARRIED: PATSY LAIN IN 1952 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: LOUIS WORKED MANY YEARS AS A CARPENTER. HE WORKED IN THE OIL FIELDS IN THE 70'S AND WAS A LICENSED BARBER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LOUIS WAS A BAPTIST AND A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN AND WAS CAPABLE OF PLAYING SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: GLORIA FRENCH OF TUSHKA, OK.

DEBORAH COATES OF CANEY, OK.

KARON CLARK AND HUSBAND BOB OF TUSHKA, OK.

JUDITH TAYLOR OF TUSHKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: HEATHER WILLIAMS OF TUSHKA, OK.

RANDI AVANTS OF TUSHKA, OK.

SHAWN WILLIAMS OF CHAPEL HILL, NC.

JOSHUA MINOR OF HUMBLE, TX.

JEREMIAH MINOR OF FT. HOOD, KILLEEN, TX.

JAMES COBB OF LAS VEGAS, NV.

AARON COBB OF TUSHKA, OK.

GIRLFRIEND: DOROTHY LESTER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

SPECIAL FRIEND: LOIS SHEPPARD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS: WANDA EVANS OF TUPELO, OK.

ETTIE MIDKIFF OF ADA, OK.

BROTHERS: GEORGE TAYLOR OF CENTRAHOMA, OK.

GARDNER TAYLOR OF LITTLE KANSAS, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: GROVER AND MARY TAYLOR.

INFANT SON: DAVID TAYLOR

BROTHERS: KETHELL AND GROVER TAYLOR.

SISTERS: DESSIE HOGUE, VANOE REED AND VADA THORNBURY.

SONS-IN-LAW: STEVE COATES AND RANDY WILLIAMSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2005 AT 10:00 A.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED.

CASKETBEARERS: FREDDY TAYLOR, GROVER TAYLOR, GARY TAYLOR, NICK TAYLOR, RICKY MIDKIFF, ZACK TAYLOR, LLOYD EVANS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY LEUTY, D. J. GOODSON, AND JAY WILLIS.

FAMILY NIGHT ~ TUESDAY 6:00 P.M.