Mary Taylor

Monday, December 20, 2021
Mary Taylor

MARION, Ill. — Mary Catherine Taylor, age 84, passed away on Dec. 16, 2021, at Marion VA Medical Center in Marion.

She was born on Dec. 16, 1937, in Parma, Missouri, to the late Willard Wilson “WW” and Opal Irene Richards Cox.

On March 22, 2001, in Arkansas, she married Ronald Hall who preceded her in death on Nov. 16, 2014.

She is survived by one son, Stevin Garner of Tennessee; one daughter, Lisa (John) Groesbeck of Sikeston, Missouri; two brothers, Michael Cox of Missouri and Roger Cox of Wisconsin; two sisters, Sharon (Robert) Gremore of Missouri and Barbara (Prentice) White of Kansas; three grandchildren, James Bonner, Eliot Bonner and Sara (Nathan) Horning and great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Johnnie Cox, Luther Junior Cox and Robert Cox; and three sisters, Ruth Karnes, Alice Wheeler and Freda Long.

Graveside service will be held on Dec. 21, 2021, at 1 p.m. at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri, with military honors.

Honorary pallbearers will be: Michael Cox, Roger Cox, Robert Gremore, Prentice White, John Groesbeck and Stevin Garner.

Online condolences can be shared at nunneleefuneralchapel.com.


Memorial donations can be sent to Missouri State Veteran Cemetery 17357 Stars and Stripes Way, Bloomfield, MO 63825.