Helen Taylor

Helen Ione Branson Taylor, age 90, died peacefully in the home that she shared with her son and daughter-in-law on November 27, 2014, in Shady Point, Oklahoma.   Mrs. Taylor was born Helen Ione Branson on February 22, 1924 in Shady Point, to Wilburn and Eunice Branson, the second of three children.  She graduated high school from Panama in 1942 and married in the same year. Their marriage endured until his death in 1992.  She and her husband lived in Shady Point, moved to Tahona, where they continued to raise their cattle and their children, and ran a business in Panama for several years before moving back to Shady Point. While an active member in the Baptist Church, Helen sewed, crocheted, played the piano in church, and gave piano lessons.  Helen was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.  She will be remembered as an honorable woman of integrity to all of her friends and family, as well as a dedicated Christian.

Mrs. Taylor is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Joan and Robert Farmer of Tulsa, her son and daughter-in-law Gary and Abigail Taylor of Shady Point, her brother and sister-in-law Robert and Pat Branson of Poteau, also six grandchildren, twenty-three  great-grandchildren, and two  great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Willard K. Taylor and her sister Faye Davis of San Bernadino, California.   

         Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 on December 1 , 2014  at Evans Miller Funeral Home in Poteau with Rev. Jim Roberts officiating.   All are welcome to attend.  She will be laid to rest in the Shady Point Cemetery next to her husband. A reception will follow at the Shady Point Baptist Church.  Pallbearers will be David McFarland, Lundy Taylor, Vernon Scarberry, Mike Doyle, Daniel Taylor, Tex Williamson.  Honorary pallbearers will be Devon, Taylor and Alex McFarland, Isaac Belak, Bryan Forman and Bobby Marchant.    Flowers and condolences can be sent to the family in care of Evans Miller Funeral Home.