Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Taylor, Robert Emmitt, Sr. 248118

Birth: 09/12/1854 Death: 03/08/1935 Marriage:

Cemetery: Prairie Ridge (NOT PLOTTED)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (05/12/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Sunday, March 10, 1935, p. 10: "FUNERAL OF R. E. TAYLOR IS HELD. Robert Emmitt Taylor who died Friday at his home about nine miles northwest of Paris, was buried Saturday afternoon at Prairie Ridge cemetery, after services conducted at his home by R. E. Hazelton. Six grandsons, Lawrence, Ray, Albert Lee, Marion M., Goldman and Samuel Taylor were pallbearers. Mr. Taylor, born September 12, 1854, moved from Illinois to Texas 51 years ago, and had lived in Lamar county 48 years. He had been a member of the Church of Christ since young manhood. His widow, Mrs. Mattie Taylor, two sons Lee and R. E. Taylor, Jr., survive, besides 26 grandchildren and several great grandchildren."

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: R E Taylor
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Mar 1935
Event Place: Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1854
Birthplace: Illinois
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Certificate Number: 14579
GS Film number: 2116313
Digital Folder Number: 005144914
Image Number: 03307
Citing this Record: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MM-7F2 : 5 December 2014), R E Tayler, 08 Mar 1935; citing certificate number 14579, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,313.

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