NAME: PHOENIX OSCAR BUD TAYLOR II, AGE 82, OF LEHIGH, OK.

BORN: JANUARY 13, 1916 AT NEW ORLEANS, LA. TO PHOENIX OSCAR AND HILDA (REUTHER) TAYLOR. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR LEHIGH. AGE: 82 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN NEW ORLEANS, INCLUDING BANKERS SCHOOL. MARRIED: ROBERTA CORNELIUS ON DECEMBER 27, 1966 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SAVANNAH AS A RIGGER. BUD WAS ALSO A FARMER AND RANCHER. BUD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY, THE COAST GUARD, AND THE CALVARY DURING WWII FROM 1942 TO 1945, ATTAINING THE RANK OF SEAMAN 1ST CLASS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ROBERTA TAYLOR OF THE HOME NEAR LEHIGH, OK. CHILDREN: RONNIE HANSELL AND WIFE LOLA OF COALGATE, OK. PEGGY MAXEY OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. JERRY HANSELL AND WIFE SUSIE OF ANCHORAGE, AK. BEATRICE ANN JONES OF NEW ORLEANS, LA. DONNA STILES OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. RITA COLE OF KANSAS CITY, MO. ROY DALE HANSELL AND WIFE BETH OF MT. PLEASANT, SC. WANDA ESTUS AND HUSBAND MARK OF DURANT, OK. APRIL HASSING AND HUSBAND CHRISTIAN OF SINGAPORE, THAILAND. MERRI LY (PRONOUNCED MARY LEE) CHAFFIN AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF LEHIGH, OK. PHOENIX BUDDY TAYLOR LLL AND WIFE TINA OF LEHIGH, OK. 37 GRANDCHILDREN, 38 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: BEATRICE MCCABE OF NEW ORLEANS, LA. NIECE: PATSY MCCABE OF NEW ORLEANS, LA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: PHOENIX OSCAR AND HILDA TAYLOR.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS. CASKETBEARERS: DANNY ENGLISH, JUDGE MAXEY, JOHNNY CHAFFIN, WALTER NICHOLS, JOE NICHOLS, DAVID STILES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LOUIE PELLIGRINI, J. B. FORNERIS, TOMMY HORN, BOBBY BURROUGHS, JOE PASQUALI.