In Memory

Eunita Pierce Taylor (Trimble) - Class Of 1905

Eunita Trimble, age 90 of Breckenridge, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at her residence.  Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 25 at Morehart Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Jeff Miller and Rev. Charles West officiating.  Interment followed at the Baker Cemetery under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.

Eunita Irene Pierce was born August 24, 1921 in Carbon, Texas to parents Charles Elgin Pierce and Maude Irene Reed Pierce.  She began school in Carbon and later moved with her family to Breckenridge where she graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1938.  Se went on to attend Tarleton College in Stephenville.  Eunita married Glenn Taylor Jr. on July 21, 1942 in Breckenridge.  They made their home in Stephens County, where they enjoyed ranching together while raising their five children.  In addition to being a homemaker and a rancher, Eunita also worked as a bookkeeper for both the Stephens County Ag Extension Service and Cox Lumber Company.  Mr. Taylor preceded her in death on January 9, 1983.  She later married John Edward Trimble on December 23, 1992 in Breckenridge.  John and Eunita enjoyed their years together traveling and spending summers in Indiana.  Eunita was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Breckenridge where she was active in the United Methodist Women organization.  She volunteered at the Breckenridge Library and the local nursing homes and loved to crochet, knit and play the piano.  Eunita was a caring woman who loved her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren very much.  She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Glen Taylor, Jr. and one son, William Reed Taylor.

Eunita is survived by her husband, John Trimble of Breckenridge; four children, Janice Taylor and husband, Herb of Salado; Charles Taylor of Fort Worth, Judy Simmons and husband, Jim of Arroyo City and Terry "Fuzz" Taylor and wife, Kim of Lubbock; one step-son, Carroll Edward Trimble and wife Shirley of Jourdanton, thirteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.