Obituary of Dixie C. Taylor
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Mrs. Lillian Dixie Cornett Taylor, age 74, of Hattie Hill Road, Vilas, died Tuesday morning, December 22, 2009 at home. Born December 26, 1934 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Harley Marvin and Doxie Ward Cornett. Mrs. Taylor was a homemaker and a member of Green Valley Baptist Church.
She is survived by three brothers; Bill Cornett and wife Gladys, Beecher "Mull" Cornett and wife Vada all of Vilas, and Steve Cornett and wife Judy of Mountain City, two sisters; Annie Helberg of Wakefield, Michigan and Leta Abke of Conroe, Texas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; Joseph Jack Taylor, one sister; Maxinne Cornett Burns, and three brothers; James Clinard Cornett, Dewey Cornett and Grover Ray Cornett.
Graveside services and burial for Mrs. Dixie Cornett Taylor will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Green Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Eric Cornett. The family respectfully requests no food or flowers, and suggests memorials to High Country Health Care System Hospice, 400 Shadowline Drive, Suite 100-B, Boone, NC 28607 or to the Green Cemetery Fund, in care of Allen Millsaps, 165 Timber Ridge Road, Sugar Grove, NC 28679. Friends may call at the home or Bill or Mull Cornett at any time. Online condolences may be sent to the Taylor family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Taylor family.