Lillie Odessa (Hollabaugh) Taylor
May 22, 1907 - November 15, 1987
Lillie Taylor, 80, died Sunday, November 15, 1987, at her home in Goree, Texas after a long courageous battle with Alzheimers. Lillie was born May 22, 1907 in Mitchell County, TX to John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh. She was born their third child of six children.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, November 16 at the Vera Baptist Church with the Rev. Delmar McBeth. pastor and the Rev. Douglas Crow. a retired pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Vera Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Archer Funeral Home, Seymour, TX.
Lillie had been lovingly cared for by her husband, Pat Taylor. Their daughter, Charlotte, drove from Wichita Falls on her days off from work to help her daddy any way she could. Charlotte was a JEWEL in the love and help she gave to her parents. Without her help, Uncle Pat would have had a much more difficult time keeping Aunt Lillie at home. He just refused to put her in a NH. He was a good husband. I wish my Grandpa could have seen this. I am not sure if he ever forgave Uncle Pat for him and Aunt Lillie running off to get married. The big problem was even though Lillie was age 18 and graduated from school, Pat was still just 15, and had not finished school. John wanted the best for his daughter. He would have been so thankful to know Uncle Pat took such good care of his daughter.
The Hollabaugh family moved to Knox County in 1917. They traveled by covered wagon from Mountain Peak, TX in Ellis County. Her parents bought a 160 acre farm in Vera, TX from John's brother, Oscar Hollabaugh. He allowed them to pay for it while living there. The whole family picked cotton each year. They paid Oscar for the farm with their crop money. Even though the children were late starting to school each year, LIllie, her four sisters and brother all graduated from Vera High School which had eleven grades at that time. That was very important to their father.
Lillie and James Edward "Pat" Tavlor were married July 14, 1925 in Knox County without their parents knowing about it. They were members of the Vera Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; Pat Taylor; three daughters; Frances Elizabeth Long (M. G.) of Hon, AK, Lena "Charlotte" Struck of Wichita Falls and Dorothy Annell Sanders ( Terry) of Bowie. TX; two sons, Wilton Eugene "Gene " Taylor (Betty) of Rockwall, IX, and James Edward Taylor Jr., (Junior) of Nocona, TX; three sisters, Tessie Mae Actkinson (Oliver) of Arlington, TX, Bessie Leora Hobbs of Booker, TX, and Lois Ray Robertson of Duncanville, TX; Brother in law, Alvin Irby of Wichita Falls, TX; Sister in law, Lera Hollabaugh of Arlington, TX. 15.grandchildren; M. G, Jr, Carolyn, Gwendol, Sandra, T.W., David, Patty, Jennifer, Laura, Stephen, Janis, Donnie , Jimmy, Jerry and Joy; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Lillie was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Lillie Patricia who lived one day; parents; John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh; one sister, Bertha "Juanita" Irby; and brother, Fred Warren Hollabaugh.My mother, Lillie's youngest sister, told me that Lillie almost died herself when Lillie Patricia was born. They packed her with ice, and rushed her to Wichita Falls hospital..
Pat always did fencing for other people, and was self employed Lillie and Pat moved more times than you could count in Knox and Baylor Counties. They even moved to Arkansas in 1942- 1943 to find work. They returned home minus their oldest child, Frances, who met her husband M. G. Long in Hon AK. Lillie did write down how many places they lived prior to their final move to Goree. I recall it was about 100 moves. She kept a lot of things in boxes which did help. They bought their small acreage having a house moved there in Goree about 1975 after marrying in 1925. They used Lillie's inheritance money that she received after the Hollabaugh farm was sold when my grandmother died. My grandfather would have been happy to know this.
Lillie started doing crafts to sell about 1945 after her neice, Doris Hobbs White ask her to make a stuffed toy for her daughter. Lillie paid in her Social Security by selling her crafts. This is how she and Pat had Social Security and Medicare later when they were older. She would advertise in Grit Magazine and sold lots of crafts and made friends with many over the years. She made crafts before craft fairs were even thought of. She was very good with the sock monkeys, crochet, etc. She taught her friend, Wilma Bratcher how to make Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls. Wilma sold more of those than you could count. As I grew older, she never let me leave her house without giving me something. One of the last things she gave me was a crocheted baby sweater for a baby girl. She told me to save it for my first granddaughter which I did. I still have the sweater dressed on a big baby doll. Charlotte said she was pretty sure the sweater had been made for Lillie Patricia, who was born and died in Jan, 1942. I was born one year later in Jan, 1943. I feel honored she chose to give it to me.
I can remember when I was about age 7, Aunt Lillie would skim the cream off the top of milk they got from milking their cows. She made the most delicious ice cream with it. She would freeze it in her ice trays. She could remove how many cubes you wanted to eat. While I refused to drink cows milk ( as I called it), I I never refused her ice cream. She also made delicious sugar cookies. A special memory I have with Aunt Lillie during the Christmas season, 1956 happened when we had a Sunday visit with them. She let me help her wrap her Christmas gifts. She had collected these gifts all year for her family. She got most of them in the mail free as she would find free offers and send off to receive them. Some, she paid very little for. She had nice gifts for her children and grand children. I was so impressed how nice her gifts were. She never had a lot of money to spend, but she knew how to make what she had go a long ways. My Mother would often mention after Uncle Pat and Aunt Lillie got a phone installed in Goree about her and Lillie's phone calls. It was not unusual for them to be playing dominos or a card game when she called. They enjoyed the simple things in life.
Lovingly created for Aunt Lillie Taylor by Judy Robertson Evans, # 49706236, August 28, 2023.
May 22, 1907 - November 15, 1987
Lillie Taylor, 80, died Sunday, November 15, 1987, at her home in Goree, Texas after a long courageous battle with Alzheimers. Lillie was born May 22, 1907 in Mitchell County, TX to John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh. She was born their third child of six children.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, November 16 at the Vera Baptist Church with the Rev. Delmar McBeth. pastor and the Rev. Douglas Crow. a retired pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Vera Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Archer Funeral Home, Seymour, TX.
Lillie had been lovingly cared for by her husband, Pat Taylor. Their daughter, Charlotte, drove from Wichita Falls on her days off from work to help her daddy any way she could. Charlotte was a JEWEL in the love and help she gave to her parents. Without her help, Uncle Pat would have had a much more difficult time keeping Aunt Lillie at home. He just refused to put her in a NH. He was a good husband. I wish my Grandpa could have seen this. I am not sure if he ever forgave Uncle Pat for him and Aunt Lillie running off to get married. The big problem was even though Lillie was age 18 and graduated from school, Pat was still just 15, and had not finished school. John wanted the best for his daughter. He would have been so thankful to know Uncle Pat took such good care of his daughter.
The Hollabaugh family moved to Knox County in 1917. They traveled by covered wagon from Mountain Peak, TX in Ellis County. Her parents bought a 160 acre farm in Vera, TX from John's brother, Oscar Hollabaugh. He allowed them to pay for it while living there. The whole family picked cotton each year. They paid Oscar for the farm with their crop money. Even though the children were late starting to school each year, LIllie, her four sisters and brother all graduated from Vera High School which had eleven grades at that time. That was very important to their father.
Lillie and James Edward "Pat" Tavlor were married July 14, 1925 in Knox County without their parents knowing about it. They were members of the Vera Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; Pat Taylor; three daughters; Frances Elizabeth Long (M. G.) of Hon, AK, Lena "Charlotte" Struck of Wichita Falls and Dorothy Annell Sanders ( Terry) of Bowie. TX; two sons, Wilton Eugene "Gene " Taylor (Betty) of Rockwall, IX, and James Edward Taylor Jr., (Junior) of Nocona, TX; three sisters, Tessie Mae Actkinson (Oliver) of Arlington, TX, Bessie Leora Hobbs of Booker, TX, and Lois Ray Robertson of Duncanville, TX; Brother in law, Alvin Irby of Wichita Falls, TX; Sister in law, Lera Hollabaugh of Arlington, TX. 15.grandchildren; M. G, Jr, Carolyn, Gwendol, Sandra, T.W., David, Patty, Jennifer, Laura, Stephen, Janis, Donnie , Jimmy, Jerry and Joy; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Lillie was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Lillie Patricia who lived one day; parents; John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh; one sister, Bertha "Juanita" Irby; and brother, Fred Warren Hollabaugh.My mother, Lillie's youngest sister, told me that Lillie almost died herself when Lillie Patricia was born. They packed her with ice, and rushed her to Wichita Falls hospital..
Pat always did fencing for other people, and was self employed Lillie and Pat moved more times than you could count in Knox and Baylor Counties. They even moved to Arkansas in 1942- 1943 to find work. They returned home minus their oldest child, Frances, who met her husband M. G. Long in Hon AK. Lillie did write down how many places they lived prior to their final move to Goree. I recall it was about 100 moves. She kept a lot of things in boxes which did help. They bought their small acreage having a house moved there in Goree about 1975 after marrying in 1925. They used Lillie's inheritance money that she received after the Hollabaugh farm was sold when my grandmother died. My grandfather would have been happy to know this.
Lillie started doing crafts to sell about 1945 after her neice, Doris Hobbs White ask her to make a stuffed toy for her daughter. Lillie paid in her Social Security by selling her crafts. This is how she and Pat had Social Security and Medicare later when they were older. She would advertise in Grit Magazine and sold lots of crafts and made friends with many over the years. She made crafts before craft fairs were even thought of. She was very good with the sock monkeys, crochet, etc. She taught her friend, Wilma Bratcher how to make Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls. Wilma sold more of those than you could count. As I grew older, she never let me leave her house without giving me something. One of the last things she gave me was a crocheted baby sweater for a baby girl. She told me to save it for my first granddaughter which I did. I still have the sweater dressed on a big baby doll. Charlotte said she was pretty sure the sweater had been made for Lillie Patricia, who was born and died in Jan, 1942. I was born one year later in Jan, 1943. I feel honored she chose to give it to me.
I can remember when I was about age 7, Aunt Lillie would skim the cream off the top of milk they got from milking their cows. She made the most delicious ice cream with it. She would freeze it in her ice trays. She could remove how many cubes you wanted to eat. While I refused to drink cows milk ( as I called it), I I never refused her ice cream. She also made delicious sugar cookies. A special memory I have with Aunt Lillie during the Christmas season, 1956 happened when we had a Sunday visit with them. She let me help her wrap her Christmas gifts. She had collected these gifts all year for her family. She got most of them in the mail free as she would find free offers and send off to receive them. Some, she paid very little for. She had nice gifts for her children and grand children. I was so impressed how nice her gifts were. She never had a lot of money to spend, but she knew how to make what she had go a long ways. My Mother would often mention after Uncle Pat and Aunt Lillie got a phone installed in Goree about her and Lillie's phone calls. It was not unusual for them to be playing dominos or a card game when she called. They enjoyed the simple things in life.
Lovingly created for Aunt Lillie Taylor by Judy Robertson Evans, # 49706236, August 28, 2023.
Lillie Odessa (Hollabaugh) Taylor
May 22, 1907 - November 15, 1987
Lillie Taylor, 80, died Sunday, November 15, 1987, at her home in Goree, Texas after a long courageous battle with Alzheimers. Lillie was born May 22, 1907 in Mitchell County, TX to John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh. She was born their third child of six children.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, November 16 at the Vera Baptist Church with the Rev. Delmar McBeth. pastor and the Rev. Douglas Crow. a retired pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Vera Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Archer Funeral Home, Seymour, TX.
Lillie had been lovingly cared for by her husband, Pat Taylor. Their daughter, Charlotte, drove from Wichita Falls on her days off from work to help her daddy any way she could. Charlotte was a JEWEL in the love and help she gave to her parents. Without her help, Uncle Pat would have had a much more difficult time keeping Aunt Lillie at home. He just refused to put her in a NH. He was a good husband. I wish my Grandpa could have seen this. I am not sure if he ever forgave Uncle Pat for him and Aunt Lillie running off to get married. The big problem was even though Lillie was age 18 and graduated from school, Pat was still just 15, and had not finished school. John wanted the best for his daughter. He would have been so thankful to know Uncle Pat took such good care of his daughter.
The Hollabaugh family moved to Knox County in 1917. They traveled by covered wagon from Mountain Peak, TX in Ellis County. Her parents bought a 160 acre farm in Vera, TX from John's brother, Oscar Hollabaugh. He allowed them to pay for it while living there. The whole family picked cotton each year. They paid Oscar for the farm with their crop money. Even though the children were late starting to school each year, LIllie, her four sisters and brother all graduated from Vera High School which had eleven grades at that time. That was very important to their father.
Lillie and James Edward "Pat" Tavlor were married July 14, 1925 in Knox County without their parents knowing about it. They were members of the Vera Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; Pat Taylor; three daughters; Frances Elizabeth Long (M. G.) of Hon, AK, Lena "Charlotte" Struck of Wichita Falls and Dorothy Annell Sanders ( Terry) of Bowie. TX; two sons, Wilton Eugene "Gene " Taylor (Betty) of Rockwall, IX, and James Edward Taylor Jr., (Junior) of Nocona, TX; three sisters, Tessie Mae Actkinson (Oliver) of Arlington, TX, Bessie Leora Hobbs of Booker, TX, and Lois Ray Robertson of Duncanville, TX; Brother in law, Alvin Irby of Wichita Falls, TX; Sister in law, Lera Hollabaugh of Arlington, TX. 15.grandchildren; M. G, Jr, Carolyn, Gwendol, Sandra, T.W., David, Patty, Jennifer, Laura, Stephen, Janis, Donnie , Jimmy, Jerry and Joy; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Lillie was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Lillie Patricia who lived one day; parents; John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh; one sister, Bertha "Juanita" Irby; and brother, Fred Warren Hollabaugh.My mother, Lillie's youngest sister, told me that Lillie almost died herself when Lillie Patricia was born. They packed her with ice, and rushed her to Wichita Falls hospital..
Pat always did fencing for other people, and was self employed Lillie and Pat moved more times than you could count in Knox and Baylor Counties. They even moved to Arkansas in 1942- 1943 to find work. They returned home minus their oldest child, Frances, who met her husband M. G. Long in Hon AK. Lillie did write down how many places they lived prior to their final move to Goree. I recall it was about 100 moves. She kept a lot of things in boxes which did help. They bought their small acreage having a house moved there in Goree about 1975 after marrying in 1925. They used Lillie's inheritance money that she received after the Hollabaugh farm was sold when my grandmother died. My grandfather would have been happy to know this.
Lillie started doing crafts to sell about 1945 after her neice, Doris Hobbs White ask her to make a stuffed toy for her daughter. Lillie paid in her Social Security by selling her crafts. This is how she and Pat had Social Security and Medicare later when they were older. She would advertise in Grit Magazine and sold lots of crafts and made friends with many over the years. She made crafts before craft fairs were even thought of. She was very good with the sock monkeys, crochet, etc. She taught her friend, Wilma Bratcher how to make Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls. Wilma sold more of those than you could count. As I grew older, she never let me leave her house without giving me something. One of the last things she gave me was a crocheted baby sweater for a baby girl. She told me to save it for my first granddaughter which I did. I still have the sweater dressed on a big baby doll. Charlotte said she was pretty sure the sweater had been made for Lillie Patricia, who was born and died in Jan, 1942. I was born one year later in Jan, 1943. I feel honored she chose to give it to me.
I can remember when I was about age 7, Aunt Lillie would skim the cream off the top of milk they got from milking their cows. She made the most delicious ice cream with it. She would freeze it in her ice trays. She could remove how many cubes you wanted to eat. While I refused to drink cows milk ( as I called it), I I never refused her ice cream. She also made delicious sugar cookies. A special memory I have with Aunt Lillie during the Christmas season, 1956 happened when we had a Sunday visit with them. She let me help her wrap her Christmas gifts. She had collected these gifts all year for her family. She got most of them in the mail free as she would find free offers and send off to receive them. Some, she paid very little for. She had nice gifts for her children and grand children. I was so impressed how nice her gifts were. She never had a lot of money to spend, but she knew how to make what she had go a long ways. My Mother would often mention after Uncle Pat and Aunt Lillie got a phone installed in Goree about her and Lillie's phone calls. It was not unusual for them to be playing dominos or a card game when she called. They enjoyed the simple things in life.
Lovingly created for Aunt Lillie Taylor by Judy Robertson Evans, # 49706236, August 28, 2023.
May 22, 1907 - November 15, 1987
Lillie Taylor, 80, died Sunday, November 15, 1987, at her home in Goree, Texas after a long courageous battle with Alzheimers. Lillie was born May 22, 1907 in Mitchell County, TX to John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh. She was born their third child of six children.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, November 16 at the Vera Baptist Church with the Rev. Delmar McBeth. pastor and the Rev. Douglas Crow. a retired pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Vera Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of the Archer Funeral Home, Seymour, TX.
Lillie had been lovingly cared for by her husband, Pat Taylor. Their daughter, Charlotte, drove from Wichita Falls on her days off from work to help her daddy any way she could. Charlotte was a JEWEL in the love and help she gave to her parents. Without her help, Uncle Pat would have had a much more difficult time keeping Aunt Lillie at home. He just refused to put her in a NH. He was a good husband. I wish my Grandpa could have seen this. I am not sure if he ever forgave Uncle Pat for him and Aunt Lillie running off to get married. The big problem was even though Lillie was age 18 and graduated from school, Pat was still just 15, and had not finished school. John wanted the best for his daughter. He would have been so thankful to know Uncle Pat took such good care of his daughter.
The Hollabaugh family moved to Knox County in 1917. They traveled by covered wagon from Mountain Peak, TX in Ellis County. Her parents bought a 160 acre farm in Vera, TX from John's brother, Oscar Hollabaugh. He allowed them to pay for it while living there. The whole family picked cotton each year. They paid Oscar for the farm with their crop money. Even though the children were late starting to school each year, LIllie, her four sisters and brother all graduated from Vera High School which had eleven grades at that time. That was very important to their father.
Lillie and James Edward "Pat" Tavlor were married July 14, 1925 in Knox County without their parents knowing about it. They were members of the Vera Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; Pat Taylor; three daughters; Frances Elizabeth Long (M. G.) of Hon, AK, Lena "Charlotte" Struck of Wichita Falls and Dorothy Annell Sanders ( Terry) of Bowie. TX; two sons, Wilton Eugene "Gene " Taylor (Betty) of Rockwall, IX, and James Edward Taylor Jr., (Junior) of Nocona, TX; three sisters, Tessie Mae Actkinson (Oliver) of Arlington, TX, Bessie Leora Hobbs of Booker, TX, and Lois Ray Robertson of Duncanville, TX; Brother in law, Alvin Irby of Wichita Falls, TX; Sister in law, Lera Hollabaugh of Arlington, TX. 15.grandchildren; M. G, Jr, Carolyn, Gwendol, Sandra, T.W., David, Patty, Jennifer, Laura, Stephen, Janis, Donnie , Jimmy, Jerry and Joy; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Lillie was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Lillie Patricia who lived one day; parents; John Wilton and Isabel McBrayer Hollabaugh; one sister, Bertha "Juanita" Irby; and brother, Fred Warren Hollabaugh.My mother, Lillie's youngest sister, told me that Lillie almost died herself when Lillie Patricia was born. They packed her with ice, and rushed her to Wichita Falls hospital..
Pat always did fencing for other people, and was self employed Lillie and Pat moved more times than you could count in Knox and Baylor Counties. They even moved to Arkansas in 1942- 1943 to find work. They returned home minus their oldest child, Frances, who met her husband M. G. Long in Hon AK. Lillie did write down how many places they lived prior to their final move to Goree. I recall it was about 100 moves. She kept a lot of things in boxes which did help. They bought their small acreage having a house moved there in Goree about 1975 after marrying in 1925. They used Lillie's inheritance money that she received after the Hollabaugh farm was sold when my grandmother died. My grandfather would have been happy to know this.
Lillie started doing crafts to sell about 1945 after her neice, Doris Hobbs White ask her to make a stuffed toy for her daughter. Lillie paid in her Social Security by selling her crafts. This is how she and Pat had Social Security and Medicare later when they were older. She would advertise in Grit Magazine and sold lots of crafts and made friends with many over the years. She made crafts before craft fairs were even thought of. She was very good with the sock monkeys, crochet, etc. She taught her friend, Wilma Bratcher how to make Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls. Wilma sold more of those than you could count. As I grew older, she never let me leave her house without giving me something. One of the last things she gave me was a crocheted baby sweater for a baby girl. She told me to save it for my first granddaughter which I did. I still have the sweater dressed on a big baby doll. Charlotte said she was pretty sure the sweater had been made for Lillie Patricia, who was born and died in Jan, 1942. I was born one year later in Jan, 1943. I feel honored she chose to give it to me.
I can remember when I was about age 7, Aunt Lillie would skim the cream off the top of milk they got from milking their cows. She made the most delicious ice cream with it. She would freeze it in her ice trays. She could remove how many cubes you wanted to eat. While I refused to drink cows milk ( as I called it), I I never refused her ice cream. She also made delicious sugar cookies. A special memory I have with Aunt Lillie during the Christmas season, 1956 happened when we had a Sunday visit with them. She let me help her wrap her Christmas gifts. She had collected these gifts all year for her family. She got most of them in the mail free as she would find free offers and send off to receive them. Some, she paid very little for. She had nice gifts for her children and grand children. I was so impressed how nice her gifts were. She never had a lot of money to spend, but she knew how to make what she had go a long ways. My Mother would often mention after Uncle Pat and Aunt Lillie got a phone installed in Goree about her and Lillie's phone calls. It was not unusual for them to be playing dominos or a card game when she called. They enjoyed the simple things in life.
Lovingly created for Aunt Lillie Taylor by Judy Robertson Evans, # 49706236, August 28, 2023.
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