Graveside services for Mary Etta Taylor will be held on Friday, March 22, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at Grant Cemetery in Grant, OK with Pastor Keithen Brown officiating. Mary passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Hugo, Oklahoma, at the age of 98.
Mary Etta Taylor was born September 27, 1914 in Ben Lomond, Arkansas, the daughter of Clarence Ross and Arie Auedell (Bridges) Kinsworthy. She was a homemaker and had lived in this area for the past 20 years. Mary loved quilting, gardening, canning, fishing, and especially loved animals.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband's, A.C. Shehan, Buford F. Taylor; brothers, Clyde Leroy Kinsworthy, Billy Joe Kinsworthy, Elloitt Joshua Kinsworthy and Clarence Kinsworthy; sisters, Joy Milburn, Helen Billingsley and Faith Pasley.
Mary is survived by two sons, Acie Leon Shehan and wife Deloris Gayle of Ft. Towson, OK and Mervin Morris Shehan and wife Lema Jane of Leonard, TX; one brother, Wayne Ross Kinsworthy of Mesquite, TX; two sisters, Myrble Mae Brown of Wills Point, TX and Vignon Ford of Hugo; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Thursday, March 21, 2013, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Chapel.
