Thelma Virginia "Polly" Ham Taylor, 85, of Cahokia, Ill. died Wed., Jan. 30, 2008 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill.

She was born Mar. 4, 1922, in Caraway to Clarence W. and Helen Carrie Wagner Ham. She was a member of the Christy Park Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo.

Taylor was preceded in death by her parents Clarence W. and Helen Carrie Wagner Ham; two brothers, Eugene and Albert Ham; and two sisters, Almeda Kaup and Mary Evelyn Dexter.

She was survived by her husband, Phurman O. Taylor; two brothers, Billy Ham of Wenatchee, Wash. and Milton Ham of Colfax, Wash.; a sister, Edith Ford of Marked Tree; many nieces and nephews and dear friends Marvin and Barbara Leudeman and Dorris and Pauline Nixon of Cahokia, Ill.

Funeral services were Monday, Feb. 4 at Braun Colonial Funeral Home in Cahokia, Ill with Rev. Barry Kolp officiating. Interment was in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery; St. Louis, Mo.

Memorial may be made to Christy Park Baptist Church 6220 Gravois Ave. St. Louis, Mo. 63116-2204.