Deborah Taylor

Services for Deborah Ann Kniffin Taylor, 74, of Mineola, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating.

Mrs. Taylor passed away February 6, 2022, in Grand Saline. She was born June 16, 1947, in Tyler, to Nolan Harold and Laura Elene Cox Kniffin. Deborah lived her early years in Gladewater and the last 50 years in the Smith, Wood, and Van Zandt County areas. She was a member of Riverside Mission Church, Grand Saline. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ronnie Taylor; and brother, Joe Lynn Kniffin.

Survivors include her son, Joe Dale Nivens and wife Amanda of Grand Saline; daughter, Donna Farmer of Grand Saline; two brothers, Harold Kniffin and wife Doris of Tyler and Roger Kniffin and wife Bonnie of Jamestown; two sisters, Sue Riddle and husband Sam of Tyler and Lynda Applegate of Big Sandy; four grandchildren, Gabrielle Simpson and husband Emmett, Nolan Farmer, Mason Nivens, and Megan Nivens; one great-grandchild, Sebastian Simpson; and numerous other relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home.