Mary Sue Taliaferro 96-year-old Marietta, OK resident known as Sue to most, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in the Southbrook Health Center in Ardmore, OK. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 2025, in the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel in Marietta with Jereme Hilton and Larry Taliaferro officiating. Immediately following, Sue will be laid to rest beside her husband in the Leon Cemetery in Leon, OK. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Sue began this life on November 14, 1928, in Jimtown, OK, the daughter of Sylvester and Audrey (Chambers) Ladner. She attended grade school in Jimtown and later attended high school in Leon. On June 2, 1945, Sue married the love of her life Simon Richard "Son" Taliaferro in Jimtown. They shared more than 54 years together before his passing in June of 1999.

Sue worked at the cookie factory and at the pants factory in Marietta for several years before finding a position in the Love County Court Clerk's office. She worked there for a few years before transitioning to a position as bailiff for the court. Over the years, Sue also worked as a caretaker for the elderly, a babysitter, a secretary for Ken Delashaw's office, and worked for the funeral home.

Sue was a member of Marietta's First Baptist Church and the Leon Home Demonstration Club for years. In addition to her club activities, Sue also spent a good amount of her spare time working in her yard and tending to her flower beds. She took great pride in the appearance of her home. Sue also loved to cook and bake. She was famous for her family's favorite peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies. Sue also loved cooking Sunday dinners for the whole family. Her family would often sit down to the best fried chicken in southern Oklahoma. Sue will be remembered as a very loving and caring woman who thought the world of her family and was always willing to help anyone in a time of need. One of the things that her family may miss most is receiving the birthday cards and Christmas cards that Sue faithfully sent out every year.

Sue was preceded in death by her parents, Sylvester and Audrey; husband, Son; brothers, Wester Ladner, Charlie Ladner, Richard Ladner, Andrew "Bay" Ladner, Vester "Buck" Ladner, and Ott Ladner; sisters, Emme Ladner, Epsy Ladner, Ruby Mapp, Azaline Hays, Poline Monkres, and Grace Graham; and son-in-law, Bill Hilton.

Those left to cherish Sue's memory are son, Larry Taliaferro and wife Linda; daughters, Andrea Locke and husband Michael, Karen Hilton, and Karla Dunlap and husband Luke; grandchildren, Wade Taliaferro and wife LaDonna, Jereme Hilton and wife Kathleen, Jake Dunlap and wife Rylea, Justin Hilton, Wendy Birks and husband Terry, Stephanie Furrh, and Gracie Dunlap; great-grandchildren, Nikki Conway and husband Jason, Lareme Hartman, Weston Birks and wife Holly, Nolan Birks, Jenna Escobedo and husband Manuel, Paisley Hilton, Jentry Hilton, and Wyatt Hilton; great-great-grandchildren, Jerni Mote, Asher Conway, Jovi Conway, Rigley Escobedo, Madi Escobedo, Kenze Hartman, and Walker Birks; sister, Frances Foster and husband Jim; sister-in-law, LaQuitta Ladner, and Sheliah Freeman; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Casket bearers will be Jake Dunlap, Jason Graham, Wade Taliaferro, Jeff Graham, Jimmy Monkres, and Brian Ladner.

The family has asked those who wish to honor Sue's Memory through donation, please remember the Baptist Home for Girls, 13976 Anthony Ln, Madill, OK 73446.