NAME: NORA VIRGINIA (COWEN) BAYLES TAYLOR, AGE 88, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: JUNE 6, 1909 AT STONEWALL, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN HENRY AND LIDDY (SOLOMAN) COWEN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1997 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA. AGE: 88 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED COTTONWOOD AND ROFF, OK SCHOOLS. MARRIED: JIM BAYLES IN 1926 IN MUSKOGEE, OK. R. L. TAYLOR IN JUNE 1985 AT TUPELO, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED WITH THE W. P. A. IN THE 1930'S. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF TUPELO PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: R. L. TAYLOR OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: BESSIE PENICH AND HUSBAND CECIL OF ANTLERS, OK. MILDRED JEAN BAILEY AND HUSBAND BUD OF HORATIO, AR. SYLVIA CHARLENE ABRELL OF IDABELL, OK. ELLA FAYE MCALESTER AND HUSBAND HOWARD OF SEMINOLE, OK. WALTER LEE BAYLES AND WIFE WANDA OF ATOKA, OK. LARRY RAY BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. STEPCHILDREN: JUNIOR TAYLOR OF SULPHUR, OK. DOYLE RAY TAYLOR OF WOODVILLE, OK. DOTTIE TAYLOR OF SULPHUR, OK. CRICKETT TAYLOR OF SHAWNEE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST HUSBAND: JIM BAYLES IN JANUARY, 1982. SONS: JIM BAYLES AND ELMER LEE BAYLES. DAUGHTERS: FREDIA LAVERNE AND LILLIE MAE BAYLES. BROTHERS: JACK COWEN AND RAY LEE SOLOMON. GRANDCHILDREN: HENRY RAY BAYLES, SCOTTY POTTER, AND FRANKIE LEE ALLEN. GREAT GRANDCHILD: CODY BAILEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. ASSISTING: REV. FRANKIE HILL. CASKETBEARERS: FRANKIE HUNT, DEE HUNT, CARL WALKER, MIKE SMITH, JIMMY SMITH, JIMMY ALLEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN WAYNE MOORE, JACK CATHY.