JEFFERSON &8212; Frank Taylor, 77, of Jefferson died Dec. 26, 2007, at Woodhaven Manor Nursing Home in Demopolis. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, at the First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Jefferson. The Rev. Edmond Charleston officiated. Interment followed in Jefferson Cemetery in Jefferson. Larkin&Scott Funeral directors of Demopolis were entrusted with arrangements.

Survivors include nine children, Beatrice Taylor and husband, Anthony, of Jefferson, Isaac Taylor and wife, Caroline, of Seattle, Shirley Merriweather and husband, Eddie, of Jefferson, Eddie Taylor and wife, Glenda, of Mobile, Rickie Taylor and wife, Shavada, of Savannah, Thomas and Danny Taylor of Jefferson, Maggie Holloway and husband, Corey, of Demopolis and Anita Jefferson and husband, Travis, of Gaithersburg, Md.; siblings, Ida Mae Johnson of Gallion, Nora Hubbard of Canton, Ohio and Favor Williams of Canton, Ohio; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.