Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameJohn Philip Taggart
Birth7 Aug 1898, Bethany, Harrison Co., MO, USA
Death25 Oct 1968, Bethany, Harrison Co., MO, USA Age: 70
FatherWilliam Winfield Taggart (1862-1954)
MotherMary Etta Nighthart (1868-1938)
Other spousesLena Lorene Dotson
Marriage23 Dec 1917, Adams Twp., Harrison Co., MO, USA
SpouseEsther Faye Case
Birth7 Aug 1898, Harrison Co., MO, USA
Death10 Jan 1921, Bethany, Harrison Co., MO, USA Age: 22
Children
Birth7 Jan 1921, Harrison Co., MO, USA
SpouseWilliam Wayne Weathers (1922-1999)
Marriage12 May 1942, District of Columbia, USA
ChildrenPhilip (1946-)
Notes for John Philip Taggart
News item from Bethany Republican Clipper (no date shown
John P. Taggart
70, Died Friday
at Local Hospital
John P. Taggart, 70, died Friday at a Bethany hospital following a stroke which occurred about noon at his home in Bethany.
The widely known business man had been the Continental Oil Company agent and station operator in Bethany for 42 years. Few man displayed the energy and application of time to work that he did as he was constantly busy with some project.
Mr. Taggart devoted countless hours of time to community service. He had been president of the Northwest MO State fair board for many years and made his services available for any job that needed to be done to keep the fair grounds in shape and the fair operating. He was a member of the Bethany city council, representing the West Ward, and was chairman of the water, sewer and gas department committee of the city. He also was a member of the city planning committee, the Odd Fellows lodge and the First Baptist church of Bethany.
Survivors include his wife, Lena, of the home in Bethany, two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Weathers, North Kansas City and Miss Rosemary Taggart, Sierra Madre, Calif.; a son, Bill Taggart, Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs Esther Klindt, Bethany.
Services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist church in Bethany, with the Rev. James Grubbs officiating. Burial was in Antioch cemetery, southeast of Bethany. Odd Fellow rites were conducted.
John P. Taggart
70, Died Friday
at Local Hospital
John P. Taggart, 70, died Friday at a Bethany hospital following a stroke which occurred about noon at his home in Bethany.
The widely known business man had been the Continental Oil Company agent and station operator in Bethany for 42 years. Few man displayed the energy and application of time to work that he did as he was constantly busy with some project.
Mr. Taggart devoted countless hours of time to community service. He had been president of the Northwest MO State fair board for many years and made his services available for any job that needed to be done to keep the fair grounds in shape and the fair operating. He was a member of the Bethany city council, representing the West Ward, and was chairman of the water, sewer and gas department committee of the city. He also was a member of the city planning committee, the Odd Fellows lodge and the First Baptist church of Bethany.
Survivors include his wife, Lena, of the home in Bethany, two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Weathers, North Kansas City and Miss Rosemary Taggart, Sierra Madre, Calif.; a son, Bill Taggart, Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs Esther Klindt, Bethany.
Services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist church in Bethany, with the Rev. James Grubbs officiating. Burial was in Antioch cemetery, southeast of Bethany. Odd Fellow rites were conducted.