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Show Tayor clan celebrates early Christmas by LAURA NELLE BENDIXSEN Record contributing writer The seven sons and daughter of the late Robin and Emmie Taylor of Dutch Gap, Va., gathered for a family fami-ly reunion in Silver Springs last week. Their spouses also attended. Martin Taylor and his wife, Merle, drove in from El Toro, Calif. Edna Taylor Priddy and her husband, Bobby, came by motor home from West Point, Va. Arriving by plane - were Jack Taylor - and his wife, Eloise; Donald Taylor and his wife, Shirley; and sister-in-law Estelle Taylor, widow of Frank Taylor. All are residents of Richmond, Va. Also flying out for the reunion were Agnes Taylor Wilmoth and her husband, Baylor, Dutch Gap, Va., and Pauline Taylor Vaughan and her husband, Percy, Chester, Va.. Laura Nelle Taylor Bendixsen and her husband, Grant, came in from Ogden. The group had not been together for Christmas since Laura Nelle moved to Utah 39 years ago, so it was decided that a Christmas theme, "Christmas in September," would be used for the gathering. A beautiful white Christmas tree with blue lights and all blue decorations decora-tions could be seen by many neighbors and those traveling to and from Park City at night. - The home-was "decorated " throughout so that the spirit of Christmas could be enjoyed by all. Under, the tree were 15 Christmas packages which were exchanged Sunday night. A daughter and son-in-law of Agnes and Baylor Wilmoth, Joy and Bill Harris of Provo and Silver Springs, invited the parents and the aunts and uncles to come out to Silver Springs and use their home for two weeks for their reunion. A schedule was all planned out in advance for the cooking and cleanup clean-up responsibilities and the men performed per-formed their duties as well as the women. The Taylor home in Virginia was a home which was always open to the Mormon missionaries. There was one, F. George Webb, Salt Lake City, : that the group had seen several j times over the 43 years since he was & released frota his' mission in 1942. But his compainion, Robert F. Mac-donald, Mac-donald, became a dentist and settled in Anaheim, Calif. Laura Nelle asked Elder Webb if he though it would be possible to get in touch with Elder Macdonald and for the two of them to come to Park City one day for a surprise visit with the Taylors. Macdonald and his wife arrived by plane Thursday and the two former missionaries and their wives motored out to Silver Springs Friday. Fri-day. The two former missionaries knocked on the door with Bibles in their hands and what a surprise to everyone when they saw and realized realiz-ed who they were. Friday evening was set aside as visitors' time. Many friends and relatives came to enjoy the evening with the group. Several have had to leave, but some of the group will remain until the weekend. With the beautiful scenery around the Park City area, playing games, singing together and just having loads of fun being with each other, this Taylor family will cherish great memories for years to come. "It just couldn't have been more wonderful," said one of the daughters. |