Sallie Mae Tapps

As we retrace the footprints of Sallie Tapps we can only give thanks for the many lives she touched and enriched along life’s journey. A meek and humble woman, she was blessed to enjoy many of God’s blessings as a child, a wife, and a mother. Sallie began her journey of life on March 6, 1926, in Emmett, Arkansas as the daughter of the late Charlie and Pearl Madison McClelland. Sallie was a part of that generation that counted motherhood as a virtue because mothers knew the difference between a house and home. So Sallie’s golden accomplishment in life was to make a loving home that would produce a tapestry of memories her family would forever cherish. She was that warm hand on a cold morning; that voice of wisdom and reason when the world was upside-down; that vessel of hope that carried loved ones and friends safely across rivers of change in their lives and that prayerful servant who blessed the Lord at all times. She was a Jehovah’s Witness and was an Eastern Star.Her faith always presented a bright lighthouse in her life and the life of her family. Her favorite scripture was Ecclesiastes 12:13-14: “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” In her 84th season of life, Sallie received her blessing of immortality on Sunday, May 30, 2010, at the University of Arkansas Medical Systems, Little Rock. She leaves to celebrate and honor her life’s journey; son, Charles (Sherry) Hearn of Curtis and her daughter, Alma Taylor of Seattle, Washington, eleven grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She also leaves a multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends . Mrs. Tapps will lie in state at Williams Funeral Home on Friday, June 4, 2010 from 12 noon until 5:00 p.m. A private family hour will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home and a graveside will be held at 11:00 a.m. in Curtis Cemetery. Rev. Ronald Morris an associate minister of St. John Baptist Church in Houston, Texas will officiate.