Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Mildred Elois Wells-Taylor

Mildred Elois McDaniel Wells-Taylor, 76, of Gurdon died Monday, June 7, 1999, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Hot Springs after an extended illness with leukemia.

Mrs. Wells-Taylor was born March 26, 1923, in Waldron, the daughter of the late William A. 'Gus' and Ethel Richmond McDaniel. She was a housewife and lifelong member of the Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Barney Ray Wells of the South Fork community, two brothers, Lloyd McDaniel and William Olen McDaniel, and a sister, Lora Evelyn McDaniel.

Survivors of this loving wife, mother and grandmother include her husband, John William 'J.W.' Taylor; one daughter, Shirley Ray Wells-English and her husband, Robert, of Hoffman Estates, Ill.; one granddaughter, Diana Ray Wells-English of Hoffman Estates, Ill.; three brothers, Gerald McDaniel of Kansas City, Mo., Gaylen McDaniel of St. Charles, Mo., and Ray McDaniel of Arkadelphia; one sister, Matha McDaniel Fulkerson of Shawnee, Kan.; and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and great nephews.

Members of the Wells family include Elmer Lee Wells of Gurdon, Rufus and Donna Wells of South Fork community in Gurdon, Joyce Ann (Wells) and Bill Dull of Maui, Hawaii, and Joe Lynn and Janice Wells of Liberty, Mo., and many nieces and nephews.

Members of the Taylor family include Anna (Taylor) and David Blase of Nashville, David and Priscilla Taylor of Canadian, Texas, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Friday, June 11, at the Church of Christ in Gurdon with Don Stanley and David Blase officiating. Interment was in South Fork Cemetery under the direction of Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home of Arkadelphia.

Pallbearers were Elmer Lee Wells, Rufus Wells, Joe Lynn Wells, Ronnie Wells, Donnie Wells, David Taylor and Lyndell Price.

Memorials may be made to the South Fork Cemetery Fund, the American Cancer Society or multiple sclerosis.