sallie (smitherman) taylor
YADKINVILLE-Mrs. Sallie Smitherman Taylor, age 77, of Yadkinville died Sunday at Yadkin Nursing Center in Yadkinville.
A native of Forsyth County, she was born April 3, 1917 to the late Wade Hampton and Vera Hutchens Smitherman, and was the former owner and operator of Yadkin Children Day Center. She was married to William Plint Taylor, who died June 23, 1989.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Gypsy Holcomb of Jonesville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Alta Reece of Asheville and Mrs. Evon Vestal of Pfafftown; one half-brother, Alton Smitherman of Greensboro; one daughter-in- law, Mrs. Sue Sheek Taylor of Lewisville; two granddaughters, Mrs. Beth Taylor Brown of Statesville and Mrs. Billie Taylor Toalson of Lewisville. Also surviving are three great-grandsons.
Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by a son, William Hampton Taylor.
She was a member of Yadkinville United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Mackie-Gentry Chapel, conducted by Rev. John Fitzgerald, with burial to follow in Yadkin Memorial Gar- dens. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at Mackie- Gentry Funeral Home in Yadkin- ville.
A native of Forsyth County, she was born April 3, 1917 to the late Wade Hampton and Vera Hutchens Smitherman, and was the former owner and operator of Yadkin Children Day Center. She was married to William Plint Taylor, who died June 23, 1989.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Gypsy Holcomb of Jonesville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Alta Reece of Asheville and Mrs. Evon Vestal of Pfafftown; one half-brother, Alton Smitherman of Greensboro; one daughter-in- law, Mrs. Sue Sheek Taylor of Lewisville; two granddaughters, Mrs. Beth Taylor Brown of Statesville and Mrs. Billie Taylor Toalson of Lewisville. Also surviving are three great-grandsons.
Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by a son, William Hampton Taylor.
She was a member of Yadkinville United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Mackie-Gentry Chapel, conducted by Rev. John Fitzgerald, with burial to follow in Yadkin Memorial Gar- dens. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at Mackie- Gentry Funeral Home in Yadkin- ville.