Funeral services for Euna Belle Burkes-Taylor, 103, of Prarie View, Texas formerly of the Southland Community will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Springlake Baptist Church in the Southland Community. Rev. Robert Taylor will officiate. Burial will be in the Spring Lake Cemetery in the Southland Community.
Viewing will be from noon until 1 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
Taylor. Born Feb. 7, 1905 in Phillips Bayou in Lee County to Solomon and Myra Etta Burke, died Sunday, June 15, 2008 in Prairie View, Texas.
She and her late husband were well respected, longtime active members of the Southland Community and set an excellent example in an enduring marriage sharing 79 years of marriage until his death Sunday, July 10, 2005.
Taylor graduated from Southland Institution May 15, 1923 and graduated in 1925 from the St. Louis Commercial College. She taught at Pillow Hill in Lee County. In her 90’s she served as a volunteer at the Adult Care Center in Southland Community and at the age of 95 was honored by the governor of Arkansas as the oldest active volunteer, and received an award in Hot Springs.
The last three years she lived in Prairie View with her daughter and will still active in her new church and with her new community friends.
Her beloved husband, Rev. William Taylor Sr., and four of her children preceded her in death, James, William Jr., Lawrence and Annie Mae Taylor.
She leaves to cherish her memory six children, Maxine (Isadore) Johnson of Detroit, Mich., Robert (Herman) Taylor of Chico, Calif., Doris Eames of Carson, Calif., Lillian (Charles) Wade of Corona, Calif., Earlene (Ronald) Leverett of Prairie View, Earl (Stephanie) Taylor; two daughters-in-law, Marion Taylor of River Rouge, Mich., and Ethel Alexander of Chicago, Il. and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and Southland Community family and friends.
Kincaid Funeral Services Inc. will direct services. Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.kincaidfuneralservics.com.