Shirley Joan “Jo” Speaks Taylor, 85, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Choctaw County Nursing Home in Ackerman, Mississippi. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 11, in the Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Scott Edwards officiating. Visitation was the day of the service from 12:30 p.m.