Era May (Taylor) Burroughs (1884 - 1949)

Born 14 Mar 1884 in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States

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Died 26 Dec 1949 at age 65 in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States

Biography

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE, DECEMBER l949

LONG, USFUL AND INFLUENTIAL LIFE COMES TO CLOSE QUIETLY,MONDAY. Mrs. Era Burroughs Dies at Home of Daughter in Michigan.

Death quietly came to Mrs. Era Burroughs Monday in a Ypsilanti, Michigan hospital, following a stroke on Saturday. All the children were present. Mrs Burroughs, age 65, was stricken just one day after her 48th wedding anniversary.

Mrs. Burroughs, nee Taylor, was born near Dresden and was well known throughout this area. She possessed a radiant personality, and though frail and in ill health most of her life, carried on for the several children after being left alone with them in 1922.

Mrs. Burroughs had spent a great deal of her time for the last ten years in Ypsilanti, Michigan, dividing her time with children there, and making visits with the sons who remained here. She was in usual health when stricken Saturday in the Michigan city.

The remains reached Dresden Wednesday morning and lay at the home of a son, Roy, until the funeral Thursday afternoon at First Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Fred Wood and Dr. T.N. Hale, with burial in Walker's Chapel Cemetery, Bowlin & Riggs in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were Snoda Parham, Eugene Shaw, Charlie Taylor, Cayce L. Pentecost, Blake Pentecost and Henry Spikes.

Surviving are three sons, Fred of Ypsilanti, Mich., Roy and Alfred Burroughs of Dresden; two daughters, Mrs. Mae Mitchell (Robert) of Ypsilanti, Mich,, and Mrs. Sarah Goebel (Gerald) of Tecumseh, Mich., and one brother, S.A.(Dock) Taylor, of Dresden.

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