Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Gun Barrel City. A rosary will be said 7 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Moorehead Epps Chapel.
Annie Taylor was born on Feb. 20, 1920 in the Czech farming community of Louise, Texas to Frank Kovar and Frances Zurek Kovar. She married Robert Taylor on Nov. 4, 1941. Together they lived in the communities of Iago, Whatron, Beaumont, Sour Lake, Lumberton, Granbury, Rice, and Seven Points.
Annie was a member of St. Judes Catholic Church, Our Lake of the Lake Guild, and KJZT.
She was preceded in death by parents Frank and Frances Kovar; brothers Fred, John, Jerome and Sylvester Kovar; and sister Lydia Polasek.
She is survived by husband Robert Taylor; sister Olga Popp; son Robert Taylor Jr. and wife Wanda; daughters Roberta Hafbaurer and Diane Podhrasky and husband Bob; grandchildren Kim Honea of Flower Mound, Kyle Taylor of Austin, Jana Reynolds of Temple, and Julie Podhrasky of Albuquerque, NM; great-grandchildren Brendan, Brian and Braden Honea of Flower Mound, Kaylee and Garrett Taylor of Austin, and Ace Reynolds of Temple, TX.
Annie, the youngest of seven, grew up on the farm in south central Texas. As a young child she learned to cook sew, garden and pick cotton. She enjoyed school and was an ace speller and softball player. School ended at the eighth grade when she no longer had someone to accompany on her walk to school. Her social life included singing and dancing to the music of her brothers’ polka band. Her personal pleasures were fishing, sewing and cooking. She stood by her husband’s side as he went to war in Burma; then followed the southern Texas sulphur production from Wharton to Beaumont. A loving wife and mother and grandmother, she had a special bond with all of her grandchildren. Throughout her life Annie remained true to her Catholic Faith and the comfort of eternal life.