Mary Irene Mayfield Taylor

     
     
  

Mary Irene Mayfield Taylor

  
     
       Mary Irene Mayfield Taylor passed away July 2, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 94. Mrs. Taylor was the wife of J.O. Taylor, Jr., a rancher in Val Verde County. Mrs. Taylor was born in Del Rio, Texas on February 10, 1914 and grew up in Del Rio and on her father and mother's ranches in Val Verde County.  
       She was married to J.O. Taylor, Jr. on December 4, 1935 in the First United Methodist Church in Del Rio. They lived in Del Rio and on the Taylor Ranch at Juno until their retirement when they moved to San Antonio to Patriot Heights Retirement Community. She lived her final year in a wonderful Personal Care Home - Moss Oak Place owned and run by Elizabeth Delarosa.  
       She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Del Rio from being on the Cradle Roll until her death. She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at S.M.U. and The University of Texas in Austin and received her 75-year pin at a special ceremony in San Antonio in November 2007. She was very active in the Fine Arts Club, P.T.A. and Wildcat Booster Club in Del Rio attending many, many games on bus trips over the years. She graduated from Del Rio Schools, attended S.M. U. 1931-1932 and The University of Texas (1932-1935) receiving her BA Debree in 1935.  
       She is survived by her son James O. Taylor, III and wife Gail, and by two grandsons, Robert Taylor and wife Kinin and Richard Warren Taylor and wife Christy.  
       She was preceded in death by her parents Sue Peters and John Carter Mayfield; her husband J.O. Taylor, Jr.; her son John Edward Taylor and her brother John Carter Mayfield, Jr.  
       In lieu of usual remembrances donations may be given to the First United Methodist Church, 100 Spring Street, Del Rio, Texas or Church of choice.