Burial location will be Leon Cemetery. He is being cremated, but as soon as they receive the ashes, there will be a private ceremony at the cemetery
Information from family friend Mary Hogan Moore
DENTON - Billy Ray Taliaferro, 91, a resident of Good Samaritan Village in Denton, Texas, since May 2018, died January 2 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jane McAnally Taliaferro, two sons, a daughter, a bonus son, seven grandchildren, five bonus grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and brother Charles of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Taliaferro was born at Leon, Oklahoma, March 5, 1930. He was preceded in death by his twin sister Alma Faye in December 1933; and his parents Earnest and Haughty Taliaferro. He and Jane McAnally were married May 15, 1953, at Marietta, Oklahoma. He served two years in the U.S. Army, honorably discharged as corporal in 1955.
After working in the oil field supply business for several years across Oklahoma and Texas, Taliaferro spent most of his career in public education, serving as a teacher and elementary school principal at Windthorst and Archer City, Texas. He retired from Archer City Public Schools in 1996. A graduate of Leon High School he earned degrees from Murray Junior College, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and Southeastern State University, Durant, Oklahoma.
Surviving family members include son Richard Stephen Taliaferro and wife Lisa, Poquoson, Va.; son Alan Ray Taliaferro and wife Ellen, Dish, Texas; daughter Lisa Marie Schlomach and husband Carlton, Haslet, Texas; plus bonus-son Danny Sutton and wife Inez, Mansfield, Texas.; seven grandchildren
Taliaferro was devoted to his family and found special joy returning often to the family farm in Leon, Oklahoma. In Archer City, he was active in church and community activities including Meals on Wheels, Archer Service Center, and Archer City Thrift Store.
Taliaferro was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church, most recently Asbury United Methodist Church in Denton. Visitation will commence at 10 am January 8, 2022 . A memorial service will follow at 11 amin the Asbury United Methodist Church sanctuary.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, 117 Hercules Lane, Denton, TX 76207, or a charity of your choice.
Mulkey-Bowles-Montgomery Funeral Home
Denton, Texas
Information from family friend Mary Hogan Moore
DENTON - Billy Ray Taliaferro, 91, a resident of Good Samaritan Village in Denton, Texas, since May 2018, died January 2 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jane McAnally Taliaferro, two sons, a daughter, a bonus son, seven grandchildren, five bonus grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and brother Charles of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Taliaferro was born at Leon, Oklahoma, March 5, 1930. He was preceded in death by his twin sister Alma Faye in December 1933; and his parents Earnest and Haughty Taliaferro. He and Jane McAnally were married May 15, 1953, at Marietta, Oklahoma. He served two years in the U.S. Army, honorably discharged as corporal in 1955.
After working in the oil field supply business for several years across Oklahoma and Texas, Taliaferro spent most of his career in public education, serving as a teacher and elementary school principal at Windthorst and Archer City, Texas. He retired from Archer City Public Schools in 1996. A graduate of Leon High School he earned degrees from Murray Junior College, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and Southeastern State University, Durant, Oklahoma.
Surviving family members include son Richard Stephen Taliaferro and wife Lisa, Poquoson, Va.; son Alan Ray Taliaferro and wife Ellen, Dish, Texas; daughter Lisa Marie Schlomach and husband Carlton, Haslet, Texas; plus bonus-son Danny Sutton and wife Inez, Mansfield, Texas.; seven grandchildren
Taliaferro was devoted to his family and found special joy returning often to the family farm in Leon, Oklahoma. In Archer City, he was active in church and community activities including Meals on Wheels, Archer Service Center, and Archer City Thrift Store.
Taliaferro was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church, most recently Asbury United Methodist Church in Denton. Visitation will commence at 10 am January 8, 2022 . A memorial service will follow at 11 amin the Asbury United Methodist Church sanctuary.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, 117 Hercules Lane, Denton, TX 76207, or a charity of your choice.
Mulkey-Bowles-Montgomery Funeral Home
Denton, Texas
Burial location will be Leon Cemetery. He is being cremated, but as soon as they receive the ashes, there will be a private ceremony at the cemetery
Information from family friend Mary Hogan Moore
DENTON - Billy Ray Taliaferro, 91, a resident of Good Samaritan Village in Denton, Texas, since May 2018, died January 2 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jane McAnally Taliaferro, two sons, a daughter, a bonus son, seven grandchildren, five bonus grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and brother Charles of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Taliaferro was born at Leon, Oklahoma, March 5, 1930. He was preceded in death by his twin sister Alma Faye in December 1933; and his parents Earnest and Haughty Taliaferro. He and Jane McAnally were married May 15, 1953, at Marietta, Oklahoma. He served two years in the U.S. Army, honorably discharged as corporal in 1955.
After working in the oil field supply business for several years across Oklahoma and Texas, Taliaferro spent most of his career in public education, serving as a teacher and elementary school principal at Windthorst and Archer City, Texas. He retired from Archer City Public Schools in 1996. A graduate of Leon High School he earned degrees from Murray Junior College, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and Southeastern State University, Durant, Oklahoma.
Surviving family members include son Richard Stephen Taliaferro and wife Lisa, Poquoson, Va.; son Alan Ray Taliaferro and wife Ellen, Dish, Texas; daughter Lisa Marie Schlomach and husband Carlton, Haslet, Texas; plus bonus-son Danny Sutton and wife Inez, Mansfield, Texas.; seven grandchildren
Taliaferro was devoted to his family and found special joy returning often to the family farm in Leon, Oklahoma. In Archer City, he was active in church and community activities including Meals on Wheels, Archer Service Center, and Archer City Thrift Store.
Taliaferro was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church, most recently Asbury United Methodist Church in Denton. Visitation will commence at 10 am January 8, 2022 . A memorial service will follow at 11 amin the Asbury United Methodist Church sanctuary.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, 117 Hercules Lane, Denton, TX 76207, or a charity of your choice.
Mulkey-Bowles-Montgomery Funeral Home
Denton, Texas
Information from family friend Mary Hogan Moore
DENTON - Billy Ray Taliaferro, 91, a resident of Good Samaritan Village in Denton, Texas, since May 2018, died January 2 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jane McAnally Taliaferro, two sons, a daughter, a bonus son, seven grandchildren, five bonus grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and brother Charles of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Taliaferro was born at Leon, Oklahoma, March 5, 1930. He was preceded in death by his twin sister Alma Faye in December 1933; and his parents Earnest and Haughty Taliaferro. He and Jane McAnally were married May 15, 1953, at Marietta, Oklahoma. He served two years in the U.S. Army, honorably discharged as corporal in 1955.
After working in the oil field supply business for several years across Oklahoma and Texas, Taliaferro spent most of his career in public education, serving as a teacher and elementary school principal at Windthorst and Archer City, Texas. He retired from Archer City Public Schools in 1996. A graduate of Leon High School he earned degrees from Murray Junior College, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and Southeastern State University, Durant, Oklahoma.
Surviving family members include son Richard Stephen Taliaferro and wife Lisa, Poquoson, Va.; son Alan Ray Taliaferro and wife Ellen, Dish, Texas; daughter Lisa Marie Schlomach and husband Carlton, Haslet, Texas; plus bonus-son Danny Sutton and wife Inez, Mansfield, Texas.; seven grandchildren
Taliaferro was devoted to his family and found special joy returning often to the family farm in Leon, Oklahoma. In Archer City, he was active in church and community activities including Meals on Wheels, Archer Service Center, and Archer City Thrift Store.
Taliaferro was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church, most recently Asbury United Methodist Church in Denton. Visitation will commence at 10 am January 8, 2022 . A memorial service will follow at 11 amin the Asbury United Methodist Church sanctuary.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, 117 Hercules Lane, Denton, TX 76207, or a charity of your choice.
Mulkey-Bowles-Montgomery Funeral Home
Denton, Texas
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