Sallye Peterson Taylor

Sallye Peterson Taylor, 81, of Hamburg, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett. Mrs. Taylor was a native of Stuttgart and a resident of Hamburg for the past 65 years. She served as the Ashley County Tax Collector for 35 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and she loved spending time with her grandchildren, bird watching, fishing, golfing and working in her yard and her flowers. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Katie Mitchell Peterson; three sisters, Charleen Peterson Wells, Martha Nell Peterson Fleming and June Peterson Livingston. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Frank Taylor; a son, Mitchell Taylor and wife, Erin, all of Hamburg; two daughters, Lynda Taylor of Searcy and McKenzie Taylor Olsen of Encino, California; two brothers, Bobby Peterson of Hamburg and Fred Peterson of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and five grandchildren, Colt Taylor, Kaela Taylor, Nicholas Taylor, Jake Olsen and Taylor Olsen. Funeral services are 10 a.m., Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Bobby Pennington officiating. Burial will be in the Hamburg Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 352, Hamburg, Ark. 71646. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home of Hamburg. Online guest book at www.jones-hartshorn.com.