This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Taylor, Durham, Grant, Davis, Jeffries Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17594/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Mattie Franklin Taylor Durham, daughter of the late Dr. Eugene Taylor and Mrs. Louella Jeffries Taylor, was born April 3, 1901, in the Exie community of Green County. She moved to Greensburg in 1917 and was a life-long resident of Green County except for two years when her family lived in Quanah, Texas. She departed this life on Monday, November 9, 1998, at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. She was 97 years, seven months and six days of age. Mrs. Durham graduated from Greensburg High School in 1920 and attended Bowling Green State Teachers College and taught school in Summersville and Hodgenville. She worked with the American Red Cross while her husband was in service at Camp Stewart, Georgia. She also worked with N.Y.A. and W.P.A. and worked with her husband at the Durham Lumber Company in Greensburg. She was an active member of the Greensburg Baptist Church and worked with many civic organizations for the betterment of the community. On August 14,1! 923, she married Mr. Mayes Durham, who served in the United States Marine Corp in both World War I and World War II. He preceded her in death on September 22, 1963. To this union was born one daughter, Peggy Grant of Bellevue, Nebraska, where she lives with her husband, Lee B. Grant, M.D. She is also survived by five grandchildren: Lee B. Grant, Jr., M.D., of Colorado, Thomas Mayes Grant of West Virginia, James Taylor Grant of Tennessee, Joseph Durham Grant, M.D., of Kenya, and Susan Grant Bauer of Pennsylvania; 11 great-grandchildren; two nephews and one niece: William F. Taylor of Greensburg, Tom Taylor of Florida, and Martha Davis of Campbellsville; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Egbert Taylor and Olin Taylor. The funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Franklin Taylor Durham were conducted Saturday, November 14, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home with burial in the Greensburg Cemetery. Rev. George Price, Rev. Ty Clenn! ey and Rev. James Evans officiated. Pallbearers were Lee B. Grant, Jr. , James Taylor Grant, Jim Taylor, Thomas Mayes Grant, Joseph Durham Grant and Phillip Gumm. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky. Vol. 9, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 54 1910 Green Co. Ky. Miracode census index Eugene Taylor; ED: 0047; W; 41; Ky; Visit: 0099; Green; Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife Loula 39, Ky Son Egbert 16, Ky Son Olan 14, Ky Dau Mattie 10, Ky Greensburg Cem; Transcribed by Bill Clark Durham, Mayes Willis 1896 - 1963 (son of Robert L. & Elrie Willis Durham) WWI WWII Durham, Mattie Taylor 1901 - 1998 (dau of Eugene F. & Louella Jeffries Taylor) Kentucky Death Index, rootsweb DURHAM, MATTIE T; age 097; death place GREEN; death date 9 Nov 1998 SSDI: MATTIE T DURHAM; B: 03 Apr 1901; D: 09 Nov 1998 (V); last residence 68005 (Bellevue, Sarpy, NE); issued in Kentucky Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.