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Elton Tabor, 91, Fairplay, KY native (1930-2021)

Elton Tabor of Chicago, Illinois passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021. He was 91 years old.

Funeral services will be held at 2pmCT on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY, with Bro. Mark Milhouse officiating. Burial will follow in the Haven Hill Cemetery, with Military Honors provided by VFW Post 6097.

Visitation will be on Saturday after 10amCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.

The family request that everyone attending wear a mask or face covering.


He was born to the late William and Mary Ella Tabor on January 5, 1930 in Fairplay, Kentucky. He married Cleda Coomer in 1956, and they divorced in 1982. She survives.

Mr. Tabor is survived by his four children: Peggy Milhouse (Mark), Bonnie Bagdon (Dennis), Ricky Tabor (Ana), and Tammy Tabor (Matthew). He is also survived by 10 grandchildren: Sarah Milhouse, Mark Milhouse, Cedric Milhouse, Brittany Kokan, Tyler Bagdon, Alec Bagdon, Katie Summers, Michael Tabor, Matthew Tabor, and Mark Tabor. He had six great-grandchildren.

Mr. Tabor 's surviving siblings are his sisters: Marie Hadley, Edith Borders, Judy Morgan, Mary Bradley, Pam Hammer, Debra Pearman, Gladys McGuffin, and his brother Ricky Tabor. He was preceded in death by two sisters Aline Dietze and Ethel Williams, four brothers Edward, Theron, Leon, and Ray Tabor and one grandchild Megan Bagdon.

He joined the Army in 1951, was stationed in Korea, achieved the rank of Corporal, and returned home in 1953. He worked as a machinist for Rockwell Standard, then Young, Spring and Wire and later owned his own construction company.

Pallbearers will be Michael Tabor, Matthew Tabor, Mark Tabor, Ricky Tabor, Dennis Bagdon and Mark Milhouse.

Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences at stottsphelpsmcquearyfh.com.


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Elton Tabor, 91, Fairplay, KY native (1930-2021)



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