Alta Jean Taborn

ALTA JEAN TABORN, 79, 440 WEST HARRISON STREET, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 AT HARRISBURG MEDICAL CENTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD MONDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2011 AT 12 NOON AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD MONDAY AFTER 10 AM UNTIL SERVICE TIME AT THE FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WILL BE IN LAKEVIEW CEMETERY AND REV. LEROY LOCKRIDGE WILL OFFICIATE. SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 10, 1931 IN CARRIER MILLS, IL TO THE LATE J.D. AND ORA (ROUSE) NORTON. SHE MARRIED ORDWAY TABORN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1952 AND HE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON FEBRUARY 2, 1993. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND A MEMBER OF THE GAILEE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. SHE LOVED TO SING AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 SONS: GLENN (SUE) TABORN OF NORRIS CITY, IL AND JOHN TABORN OF METROPOLIS, IL; 4 DAUGHTERS: VERBA (VICTOR) BROWN AND AUDIE TABORN BOTH OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; ETHEL JEAN TABORN (ZACK) KENDRICK OF EVANSVILLE, IN AND CHERYL (CHARLES) DRUE JR OF HARRISBURG, IL; A STEPBROTHER: MOSES WILLIAMS OF FLINT, MI; 12 GRANDCHILDREN: DUSTAN WITHERSPOON; NATA TABORN SHULTZ, CHANDRA TABORN, JAMI ROUSE, KELSIE CHARLIE, NICHOLAS KENDRICK, JOHN TABORN JR, NATHAN TABORN, JEANIE TABORN, CAMERON TABORN, AUBURN DRUE AND CADEN DRUE; 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ZEKE SHULTZ, MADIX SHULTZ, JORDAN DAVIS, NOAH DAVIS, KY’LYNN HINES, SUMMER TABORN AND HIGHLIE DRUE. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER: RUBY JUANITA GILL AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.