Myra Sammons Taylor
January 15, 1920 ~ January 24, 2007
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Myra Sammons Taylor, 87, of Asheville, formerly of Kentucky, died Wednesday, January 24, 2007.
She was born January 15, 1920 to the late Bennie and Aletha Sammons. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Clyde E. Jackson, and her sister, Lucille S. Gill.
Surviving Ms. Taylor are her daughters, Ann Whitener, of Asheville, and Barbara Jean Jackson, of Maryland; grandchildren, Donald Whitener and wife, Donna, Barbara Davis and husband, Scott, Myra W. Weeks and husband, Ricky, Anna Shipley, Robert Whitener and wife, Tamye, Dawn Holder, Ritchie Hunt and wife, Rhonda; 11 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Groce Funeral Home chapel on Patton Ave. with the Rev. Mike Thomas officiating. Entombment will follow at Pisgah View Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. At other times, the family will be at Ms. Taylor’s residence, 615 Biltmore Ave., Apt. D4 Beverly Condos, Asheville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials and/or donation may be made to Care Partners Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC, 28813.
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Myra: Our prayers and thoughts are with you during this time. Please let us know if we can do anything for you and the family.
Ann, you have been in my thoughts and prayers through this trying time. May you have the grace and strength to be strong during this time.
Sincerely, Melissa
All our thoughts and prayers are with you.Love,Rhonda Collins and Family
Myra,
We are sorry for the loss of your grandmother. Please let us know if we can do anything for you. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Ann, I am so sorry about your mother’s illness and passing. I can’t imagine how hard it has been on you. You always have a shoulder to lean on, in me. My sincere condolences. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Teri