Wanda Taylor Jeffress age 96 of Jackson, TN, formerly of Humboldt, TN, died on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 2:00AM at Jackson General Hospital.

She was born to the late Connie Anderson and Annie Catherine Jacks Taylor in Durant City, Alabama on November 28, 1926. The family moved to Gibson County, Tennessee when she was four years old.

She was raised in a small Baptist church where she later taught Intermediate Sunday School and played the piano for a few years.

She graduated from Dyer High School and worked in Dyer for a while before moving to Memphis to take a business course and started work there.

She married the late Bill Jeffress and joined Highland Heights Methodist Church with him. She was active in UMW and played the piano for the Men's Sunday School Class for a while.

They retired and moved to Humboldt, TN and joined First Methodist Church where she remained active in UMW until she moved to assisted living in Jackson.

She enjoyed canning and freezing fresh fruits and vegetables, baking, and sewing.

Mrs. Jeffress was preceded in death by her parents Connie Anderson Taylor and Annie Catherine Jacks Taylor, her husband Bill Jeffress, sisters Miriam Dulin and Sue Prince and by one brother Richard Taylor. She is survived by a sister Jean Inman of Bremenerton, WA and her brother Jack Taylor and wife, Beth Taylor of Jackson, TN and a multitude of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, June 28th at 11:00AM at Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park-East in the Mausoleum located at 2440 Whitten Rd. Memphis, TN. 38133.