Tevis B. Taylor, 79, of Franklin, VA went home to be with the Lord on February 12, 2009. She was born on February 1, 1930 in Bell County, KY. She was a resident of Hampton, VA for 46 years and was retired from the Siemens Corporation.
Tevis was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be remembered for her love of, sacrifice for and devotion to family and for the wonderful meals she loved to cook and share with family and friends. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her spouse, Walter Taylor, parents Herbert and Caroline Buell, and brother, Otis Buell.
She leaves to cherish her memory her son Fred W. Taylor and his wife Betty of Poquoson, VA, daughters Judy Runion of Sedley, VA and Joyce Jones and her husband Delon of Rockhouse, KY; seven grandchildren, Victoria McCown, James Fleming, Lonnie Jones, Kevin Taylor, Carrol Fleming, Scott Fleming, and Joey Jones; seven great-grand children; four sisters, Jeanette Casey, Flo Knopf, Jean Kelley, and Darlene Bartley, three brothers, Herbert Buell, Jr., Donnie Buell, and Ronnie Buell, and numerous other relatives and friends.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., February 16, 2009, at Wright Funeral Home with Pastor Delon Jones, son-in-law of the deceased, officiating. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m., February 16, 2009, in Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton, VA. The family will receive friends on February 15, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home, 206 West Fourth Avenue, Franklin, VA. www.wrightfuneralhome.org