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EWS -L EADER 5A terofthelateLewisC.andMaryNellPoynerCouch, whereshegraduatedfromMartinHighSchool.She KentuckyUniversityandcompletedherstudiesin 1971.Shortlyafterthat,thefamilymovedtoMemphis gradeattheSouthernBaptistEducationalCenter.Afterthefamilymovedto partmentofUnionUniversityforsevenyears.In1986,theymovedtoShawnee, ProgramatOklahomaBaptistUniversity.In1996,theTaylor’smovedtoBo- ofSouthwestBaptistUniversity.JudywasanAssistantProfessoratSBUfrom ects.ShewasthedirectorofanEnglishInstituteforSBU’spartnershipwiththe stateofRoraimainBrazil.JudypouredherselfintothelivesofSBUstudents throughouttheyearsandwasagracioushostesstocountlessUniversityevents. SouthwestBaptistUniversity. FirstBaptistChurchinBolivar.Shewasinvolvedinallphasesofchurchwork, professionalcareer. Shealsolovedmusicandwasagiftedpianist.Shewasawonderfulanddevoted partnertoPatineveryfacetoflife. Shenevermetadayshedidnotlikeandalwayshadapositiveattitude.Her herdevoutfaithinGodandherdesiretoserveHimtothefullesteachday.

dedicationandloveforherfamilywasacompassinherlifeandshealways madesureherfamilywasapriority.Sheadoredherdaughtersandespecially lovedhergrandsons.Shewillbefondlyrememberedforherdevotiontofamily, ahostofotherrelativesandmanyfriends. BobAgeeandDr.CharlesGrahamofficiating,underthepersonalcareofKen- nethR.HoweandthestaffofButlerFuneralHome,ofBolivar. ministrationCenterlobby.BurialwillbeintheGreenwoodCemetery. JudyTaylor EulaFernChristianNe- Hospitalsurroundedby family.Fernwasbornin MalissaBrownandOtto AlgiaChristian. inmarriagetoPaulDa- death.Tothisunionwere Cornelia.

inglifebetterforothers.ShewasactiveinPTA, tersoftheAmericanRevolution.Sheservedastrea- oftheBurrellMentalHealthCenterandcontinuedto serveontheboarduntilherdeath.Shewasfeatured ShelovedtotravelespeciallytoherbelovedSani- belIslandwhereshewouldcombthebeachforprize seashells.Shealsohadabeautifulvoiceandsangat churchandatvariousmusicclubactivities.Shesang ontheradiowhenshewasinhighschoolonaweekly picnicsonthepropertyownedbythefamilyonthe JamesRiver.ShewasanavidCardinalbaseballand LadyBearbasketballfan. ThefamilywouldliketothankthestaffatMagnolia Squareforthewonderfulcaretheyprovidedwhile Fernwasthereduringherrecentrehabstay. WalnutLawnSt.Springfield,MO65807,ortothe followedwithburialatHazelwoodCemetery.Avisi- PM. EulaFernNevatt DorothyLouiseHale, passedawaySaturday, Hospital.Shewasborn daughterofGeorgeWil- MarieSophie(Laes)Hel- frecht. Dorothywasalong-time memberofSt.John’s Outandvolunteeredat MealsonWheels.

Sheisprecededindeath eralnephewsandnieces. Dorothyissurvived SuzanneLindseyand Funeralserviceswill 2016inSt.John’sUCC withDr.JohnWhiteand PastorDougBurwickof- lowinHazelwoodCem- etery.Visitationwillbe p.m.,Tuesday,March29, 2016inGorman-Scharpf FuneralHome. morialcontributionsmay bemadetoSt.John’s DorothyLouise Hale SPRINGFIELD Cox GreenlawnFuneralHome North Goodwin FuneralHome Hale neralHome Keeling GreenlawnEast Kramp HermanH.LohmeyerFu- neralHome Luckey GreenlawnFuneralHome North Nevatt Gorman-ScharpfFuneral Home Ritter GreenlawnFuneralHome South Rueter neralHome Solum FuneralHome Weiser 79 AVA Johnson FuneralHome Stillings Home BOLIVAR Raney Taylor FuneralHome BUFFALO Hahn manH.LohmeyerFuneral Home Johnson HoldenCremationand FuneralService CASSVILLE Beeson Home CRANE Moreland PetersonFuneralChapel ELDORADOSPRINGS Maxwell SheldonFuneralHome FORSYTH Fortier FuneralHome Oswald EakinsFuneralHome Driskill FuneralHome GREENFOREST Avery tionsoftheOzarks JOPLIN Miller KIMBERLINGCITY Hooper neralHome Johnston StumpffFuneralHome LAMAR VanGilder DanielFuneralHome LEBANON Donald Harrison Russell MANSFIELD Selleck FamilyFuneralHome MARSHFIELD FrakerFuneralHome MONETT Pearson PHILLIPSBURG Buck FuneralHome REPUBLIC Benskin MeadorsFuneralHome, RepublicChapel Young MidwestCremationand FuneralServices RICHLAND Harrell Crematory Hickey Richland ROGERSVILLE Brown WalnutLawnFuneral reid-Wood-Crematory THORNFIELD Graham ClinkingbeardFuneral Home WILLARD Turner Klingner-CopeFamily FuneralHomeatWhite Chapel callthefuneralhome.Foraddressesandphone numbersoflocalfuneralserviceproviders, Southwest Baptist Univ ersity has canceled afternoon classes Wednesday so students, staff and aculty can attend the funeral for the college president's wife. udy Taylor died at home Saturday. She was 6 9.

The funeral, described as a celebration of Tayl or's life and faith, will be at 2 Wednes- ay in Mab ee Chapel on campus. he university's four campuses Bolivar, ountain View, Salem and Springfield will shut down at noon that ay. The Tennessee native was married to C. Pat Taylor, the longest-serving president in the 138-year history of Southwest Baptist University, and was active on campus and in the Bolivar community. In 1996, Pat Taylor was selected as he 24th president of the university.

The coup le moved from Oklahoma to Bolivar. Judy Tayl or, who was called the First Lady of SBU, championed efforts to beautify he campus. She served as an assistant professor from 1997 2006 at the university. She taught English as a econd language in China, ungary, Brazil, Thailand and Russia and elped organize an English Institute in the state of Roraima in Brazil in 2 000. since Judy and Pat stepped on campus in 1 996, she has been one of greatest said Don Fahrni, chairman of the SBU Board of Trustees, in a news release.

of her first priorities at SBU was to beautify the campus through landscaping, and she personally invested ountless hours in those efforts. She devoted her ife to teaching and serv- i ng others, and many SBU students benefited from er mentoring and expertise. "Judy truly will be issed by the entire SBU family. Please join us in praying for the Taylor C. Pat and Judy Taylor were married in 1968 and have two daughters.

They worked in Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma before moving to southwest Missouri. In 2013, the university presented Judy Taylor ith an honorary doctorate in education degree. udy Taylor was an act ive community volunteer and was a member of he First Baptist Church of Bolivar and Daughters of the American Revolu- ion. According to Taylor's obit, she was "involved in a ll phases of church work, possessed a deep faith in God and lived her faith in home, church, and in her professional career." The obit also stated she loved music and was a "gifted pianist." Wife of Southwest Baptist University president dies CLAUDETTE RILEY Want to go? of life" service is planned for Judy Taylor at 2 Wednesday in Mabee Chapel on the Southwest Baptist University campus in Bolivar. Burial will be in Bolivar's Greenwood Cemetery The visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday in the lobby of the Sells Administrative Center on campus. Memorial donations can be made to the Judy Taylor Campus Beautification Fund at Southwest Baptist University, 1600 University Bolivar MO 65613. Cards can be sent to the ffice of the President at the same address. nline tributes can be posted on the Butler Funeral Home website at www.butlerfuneralhome.com. Judy Taylor C.

Pat Taylor Agriculture in the Ozarks David Burton discusses rural industry Sundays in Business. EWS EADER More obituaries, Page 6A For information on obituaries or emorials, call 836-1251, fax to 836-1221or visit EWS EADER ST. LOUIS A new Nat ional Blues Museum opening in St. Louis this weekend will emphasize he roots and in- luence on music around the world with interactive xhibits. he foot, $14 million museum includes exhibits, an art gallery and a perform ance stage and full bar in a nightclub setting that ill host live music.

It pens Saturday downtown, walking distance from the Gateway Arch. ne exhibit explores the roots in the rhythms of Africa rought to the American outh by slaves. An introductory video at the mu- eum has Robert Plant of ed Zeppelin explaining how the blues of the Mississippi Delta region sparked the music of Brit- i sh bands. A quote in another exhibit from Muddy aters says, blues ad a baby and they named it rock and The Great Migration of A frican-Americans from the rural South to urban centers in the Midwest a nd North during the first alf of the 20th century also helped spread the lues, according to the useum. The museum looks at how evolving technology fostered the spread of the lues, from sheet music to jukeboxes to digital ownloads and social edia.

Some exhibits offer different versions of the same song, like Blind emon Jefferson, Carl Perkins and the Beatles playing Box isitors begin their tour by writing their own yrics on a screen and hen adding musical riffs on guitar, harmonica and piano at different stations as they go through the useum, which emails the unique compositions their creators. National Blues Museum opening in St. Louis ASSOCIATED PRESS.