Obituaries of Emma & Ben Taliaferro

Benjamin Mason Taliaferro was my husband's grandfather.



Printed in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Submitted by: Carolyn Sosebee

Ben Taliaferro

    Services for Ben Taliaferro, 94, of Ropesville will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Franklin-Bartley Chapel with Oscar Batten, pastor of the Ropesville Church of Christ officiating.
    Burial will be under direction of Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.
    Taliaferro died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday at a Lubbock nursing home after a lengthy illness.
    The Atlanta, Ga., native was a retired custodian for Ford Motor Co.  He moved to Lubbock from Del Rio in 1953 and moved to Ropesville in 1960.
    He married Emma Glenn in 1910 in Oliver Springs.  She died in May 1980.
    Survivors include a daughter Bonnie Sosebee of Ropesville; a son, Lloyd of San Antonio;  six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Emma Taliaferro

    Services for Emma Amelia Taliaferro, 89, of Lubbock will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel with Oscar Batten, minister of Ropesville Church of Christ officiating.
    Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.
    She died at 12:40 p.m Friday in St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness.  A native of Travis County, Mrs. Taliaferro had lived in Ropesville most of her life before moving to Lubbock 1 1/2 years ago.  She was a resident of Lubbock Nursing Home and a member of the Church of Christ.
    Survivors include her husband, Benjamin; a daughter, Bonnie Sosebee of Ropesville; a son Lloyd of San Antonio; six grandchildren;  13 great-grand children;  and three great-great-grandchildren.

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