The funeral for Ferdie Taylor, 76, Route 1, Sheffield, will be at 2
pm today at Old Brick Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Stanley
Smith officiating. Burial will be in Old Brick Cemetery, Spry
Funeral Home, Sheffield, directing.
The body will be placed in the church one hour before the service.
He died Thursday after a sudden illness.
Born in Colbert County, he was a retired auto worker, a member of
Old Brick Presbyterian Church, a member of the Old Brick Cemetery
Committee, and a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Lizzie Taylor, Sheffield; stepchildren,
Ted Osborn, Kingston, Tenn., Howard Osborn, Jimmy Osborn, both of
Orlando, Fla., Carolyn Corbett, Florence; sister, Annie Lee
Trousdale, Sheffield; half brothers, Bill Taylor,, Shelbyville,
Tenn., Robert Taylor, Edward Taylor, both of Mount Hope; 13 step
grandchildren; 16 step great grandchildren.
Bearers will be Stanley Trousdale, James Trousdale, David Dossey,
Pete Kent, Kenneth Corbett, and Bud Trousdale.
Published in The Florence Times Daily, December 14, 1985, page 6A
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TAYLOR, Lizzie V., 16
Nov 1911 - 5 Oct 2007. (shares stone with Ferdie Taylor) 8451
Lizzie Virginia Taylor, age 95, of Sheffield, passed away Friday,
Oct. 5, 2007.
Visitation will be Monday, Oct. 8, noon-1 p.m. at Old Brick
Presbyterian Church, of Colbert County. Funeral service will follow
at 1 p.m. in the church chapel, with the Rev. Robert McGeehee
officiating. Interment will be at Old Brick Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Ted Paul Head, Kenneth, Gary and Adam Corbett,
Edward and Ricky Osborn. The family wishes to express a special
thanks to Stanley Trousdale, her brother, and Preston Morris, her
nephew.
Mrs. Taylor was a member of Old Brick Presbyterian Church. She was
preceded in death by her husband, Ferdie Taylor.
Survivors include sons, Ted Osborn, of Etowah, Tenn., Howard Osborn
(Betty), of Monticello, Ga., Jimmy Osborn (Cathe), of Eustis, Fla.;
daughter, Carolyn Myrick (Jimmy), of Sheffield, Ala.; brothers,
Stanley and James Trousdale; sisters, Louise Jones and Ruby Isbell;
15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and 18
great-great-grandchildren.
Spry Serenity Chapel, Florence, is directing.
Published in the Florence Times Daily on 10/8/2007.
