Ada Evelyn Laws Taylor was born to Thomas Greeley Laws, Sr. and Lula Clifft Laws on August 10, 1920. Evelyn grew up in Lawrence County, Tennessee, and graduated from Ethridge High School. She married George Walton Taylor on January 5, 1942. They became the proud parents of three accomplished daughters: Patti, Polly, and Dinah. During the early years of the marriage they lived in Washington state, and spent several months in Corpus Christi, Texas, following job assignments at Reynolds Aluminum Company. They reared their daughters primarily in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, moving back to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee in their retirement years.
Evelyn was a devoted homemaker, mother, and wife. She brought a quick sense of humor and intelligence to everyday life. She was a life-long member of the Church of Christ, and taught Sunday school and ladies Bible classes at Highland Park Church of Christ in Muscle Shoals. Throughout the years, she remained a steadfast pillar of care and concern for family and extended-family members. She consistently lived out the values she learned, particularly from her mother, and passed on to her daughters.
She suffered a debilitating stroke, and, following the death of her husband, spent her last ten years in extended nursing care. Her personal dignity, sense of humor, and concern for others earned the respect and affection of the nursing staffs who attended her. That legacy lives on in the family whose love for her will not diminish over time.
She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Greeley Laws, Sr., mother, Lula Lavada (Polly) Clifft Laws; husband, George Walton Taylor; two daughters, Patti Taylor Carson Pitts and Dinah Taylor Robinson; one brother, Thomas Greeley Laws, Jr.; and one infant sibling, Thomas Lorene Laws.
She is survived by
One Sister –
Marion Jewel Laws Riley, Ethridge, TN
One Daughter –
Polly Taylor Adams, Kaufman, TX
Grandchildren –
Georgia Lee Carson Crandall, husband Jim of Florence, AL
Rachel Dean Carson Smith, husband Tim of Woodstock, AL
Evelyn Naomi Pitts of Muscle Shoals, AL
Mathis Taylor Adams, wife Alanna of Allen, TX
Katy Lyn Adams Motley, husband Shaun of Colorado Springs, CO
John Wesley Robinson of Knoxville, Tennessee
Great-Grandchildren –
Michael Crandall, wife Shaeleigh, and daughter Alexis of AL
Patti Crandall and Irene Crandall of Florence, AL
William Smith, wife Bekah, and sons Ryder and Dallas of Woodstock, AL
Samuel Smith of Woodstock, AL
Rebecca Smith, attending Faulkner University
Jackson Wayne Pitts of Muscle Shoals, AL
Arrangements are being handled by Neal Funeral Home, 231 N. Military Avenue, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 12:45 PM to 1:30 PM Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Big Creek Church of Christ. Funeral services will be conducted at Big Creek Church of Christ at 1:30 PM Saturday, January 30, 2016, with Johnny Adams, Terrell Pitts, and Tim Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Ethridge Masonic Cemetery in Ethridge, TN.
