James Taylor Black

1907 - 1994  (87 years)

• Name	James Taylor Black
  Born	18 Nov 1907	Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Dec 1994	Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Buried	26 Dec 1994	Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA   [2]
  	Landersville Cemetery
  Person ID	I599	Reynolds Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Hosea Black,   b. 10 May 1878, Jackson, Alabama, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1942, Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Jane Latham,   b. 20 Jan 1888, Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA ,   d. 30 Sep 1951, Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	23 Aug 1906	Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA
  	Landersville Methodist Church
  Family ID	F249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eula McCaghren,   b. 28 Feb 1903, Jackson, Alabama, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 1989, Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	29 Mar 1930	Lawrence County, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		James Taylor Black
  		James Taylor and Eula M Black Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  TAYLOR BLACK, 87, retired teacher MOULTON-Funeral for Taylor Black, 87, of Moulton will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Elliott Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Reding officiating. Burial will be in Landersville Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home. Mr. Black died Monday at Decatur General Hospital. A retired teacher, he was born Nov. 18, 1907, in Lawrence County. He is survived by one sister, Melba B. Cross of Decatur. Pallbearers will be George Douthit, Mark Spivey, Greg Hill, Tommy Joiner, J. Burns and Tommy Burns. DECATUR DAILY - December 27, 1994 *********************************************************** The following was written by his Sister, Melba Harding Black Cross in 1987 James Taylor Black 1907 - I’m using a copy of an article from the Decatur Daily, printed a few years back, for Taylor’s biographical sketch. Please pardon the following personal thoughts. To me and other family members, he is and was ideal. Today at 80 he is known and respected for his business acumen and his gentlemanly traits. He paints lovely country landscapes, collects and restores antiques - guns, trunks. He’s still a checker and snooker champ. In younger days he owned horses and dogs and loved to hunt and ride. He met and married Eula McCaghren when she came to Landersville to teach. He could not have chosen a better wife. She aids and abets him in all his interest. She is known for the bountiful table she sets and old-time southern food. They, as we did, enjoyed spoiling Annie Lee’s child and grandchildren. Being a small family, we have celebrated holidays, etc. as a group all these years, till family members began to depart this life. One year Marha gave Taylor and Roland humorous “business” cards. She knkew them well. Taylor’s read: Taylor Black Moulton, Alabama Junk Bought Tennis Arranged Antiques Sold Snookers (Monday Night) Trunks Restored Sharpshooter Stocks Played Certified Checker Champ Muzzle Loaders Pictures Painted P.S. Eula was born and raised in Lawrence County, Alabama, Speake Community.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Record for James Taylor Black [S198] James Taylor and Eula McCaghren Black Headstone.