Evelyn Taylor 

FORT WORTH — Evelyn Duncan Taylor, 85, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, died Wednesday, 
Aug. 4, 2004, at her residence in Fort Worth. 

A native of Marietta, Evelyn Duncan was born April 3, 1919, to Elbridge and Nile Elizabeth Duncan. She 
married Ray Joffre Taylor on June 17, 1948. She was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin College and 
attended Southern Methodist University and Denver University. She was a teacher for more than 32 years 
and a member of Texas State Teachers Association. Her memberships also included Southcliff Baptist 
Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. 

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Ray J. Taylor; son Jeff D. Taylor and his wife, Lisa; 
granddaughter, Sydney Lee Taylor, all of Fort Worth; brother "Sonny" Duncan and his wife, Verda, of 
Talco; nephews, Kenneth D. Dickson and his wife, Judy, of Rockwall, Ronnie Duncan and his wife, Carol, 
of Troup, Clifton Duncan and his wife, Glenna, of Leonard and Gary Duncan and his wife, Ruthann, of 
Marietta; and niece, Linda Shivers of Richland, Mo., great nieces and nephews and numerous other 
relatives and friends. 

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Aug. 6, 2004, in the Reeder-Davis Funeral Home Chapel, 
Hughes Springs, with the Rev. Dr. Carroll Marr, of Southcliff Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow 
in Flat Creek Cemetery. 

Memorials may be made in Mrs. Taylor's name to Flat Creek Baptist Church, c/o Gary Duncan, Marietta, 
TX or to a charity of your choice.

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EVELYN TAYLOR

HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas-Evelyn Duncan Taylor, 85, of Fort Worth, Texas, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 
2004, at her home.

Mrs. Taylor was born April 3, 1919, in Marietta, Texas. She was a retired teacher and a member of 
Southcliff Baptist Church, Texas State Teacher's Association and Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include her husband, Ray Joffre Taylor of Fort Worth; one son and daughter-in-law, Jeff D. 
and Lisa Taylor of Fort Worth; one brother and sister-in-law, Eldridge "Sonny" and Verda Duncan of 
Talco, Texas; one granddaughter, Sydney Lee Taylor of Fort Worth; and a number of other relatives.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Reeder-Davis Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Carroll Marr officiating. 
Burial will be in Flat Creek Cemetery, Marietta.

Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Robertson Mueller Harper Funeral Home, Fort Worth.

Memorials may be made to Flat Creek Baptist Church, c/o Gary Duncan or to a favorite charity.