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- Shelbyville News 21 April 1999
James F. Taggart, 71, Waldron, died this morning at his home. He was
born Dec. 1, 1927, in Shelby County to Franklin and Thena (Stevens) Taggart.
He married Mary C. (Poole) Taggart on June 8, 1998, and she survives. He had
previously been married to Betty (Bassett) Taggart on Aug. 26, 1947, and she
preceded him in death on Sept. 14, 1994. Mr. Taggart retired in 1993 fr
Knauf Fiber Glass BmbH, where he had worked as a furnace tender. He was a U.S.
Navy veteran of World War II. Mr. Taggart was a member of Waldron Bapti
Church, Moose Lodge No. 2118 and a leader in the Boy Scouts of Americ
Survivors include four sons, James Taggart Jr., Vevay, Andrew L.
Taggart, St. Paul, and Timothy Taggart and Michael Taggart, both of
Shelbyville; seven daughters, Betty Shook, Milroy, Bonnie J. Sipes and
Elizabeth D. Redd, both of Shelbyville, Jennie Daugherty, North Vernon, Sherri
L. Prine, Waldron, Tina M. Foster, Winfield, Tenn., and Kristy L. Ristuccia,
Clarksville, Tenn.; three stepsons, William La Fever, George La Fever and Paul
La Fever, all of Arizona; a stepdaughter, Rhonda F. Lee, New Mexico; fo
sisters, Kate Lozser, North Vernon, and Virginia Jackson, Norma Stanley and
Deloris McClain, all of Shelbyville; a brother, Robert Taggart, Greenwood; 33
grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and one step-
great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Glenn E. George
Funeral Home, St. Paul, with the Rev. L.J. Poe officiating. Burial will be in
Bennett Cemetery in Shelby County. Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.
Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shelby
County Cancer Society.
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