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Mrs. Josephine Cooper Taylor, wife of J. Eugene Taylor, former vice president of National Life & Accident Insurance Co., died yesterday of a heart attack in London. Mrs. Taylor died July 11 in London after a heart attack while she and her husband were completing a five month tour of Europe.
Memorial services for Mrs. Taylor, 63, , will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow at St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church.The Rev. Paschall Davis will officiate.
A native of Winchester, Tenn., she was the former Josephine Cooper, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Robert Emmett Cooper. She attended the old Ward-Belmont School here and received the BA and MA degrees at Vanderbilt University.
In 1939, she married Taylor, who retired in 1970 as underwriting vice president of the National Life and Accident Insurance Co. Long-time Nashvillians, they moved to Sarasota, Fla. last year.
Mrs. Taylor was a founding member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church here. She was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and a life master of the American Contract Bridge League.
In addition to her husband, survivors include two sons, Ben Kingree and Josh Taylor, Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Irma C. Waddell, Tucson, Ariz.; an aunt, Mrs Hoyland Wilson, Ocean Springs, Miss., and eight grandchildren.Family said memorial contributions may be made to St. Bartholomew's memorial fund. -- The Tennessean, July 17, 1972, p. 26.
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1909 - 1972 (62 years)