Mallie Opal Tate Taylor

103 year old Mallie Opal Tate Taylor died Saturday at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Born in Cannon County, Taylor was a member of the Clear Fork Methodist Church and a homemaker. The funeral will be Monday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Woodbury Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Sycamore Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from noon until 8:00 p.m. Taylor was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Izzie Patterson Tate; her husband, William C. Taylor, and ten brothers and sisters. Survivors include children, Randall Taylor of Auburntown, Rachel Melton of Auburntown, Wayne and wife Kathy Taylor of Woodbury, and Darlene and husband Jack Knowles of Baxter. A sister, Shelby Vickers of Woodbury. Grandchildren, Don Paul Taylor, Aubrey and wife Rachel Taylor, Cody Taylor and Ethan Taylor, Misty and Melissa Melton, Dustin and wife Jessica Taylor, and Lacey and husband Chris Buchanan. Eleven great grandchildren. Woodbury Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.