Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, Booker W. Sr. November 2, 1996 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Renfrow dianel14@gmail.com July 12, 2013, 8:13 am Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Thursday, November 7, 1996 Booker W. Taylor Sr., 85, of the 400 block of New York Ave., died Nov. 2, 1996, in a local nursing home. A longtime resident of Norfolk and a Norfolk County native, Mr. Taylor was a retired waiter and mortician associated with the former W.F. Taylor & Sons Funeral Home, Norfolk. Mr. Taylor was the son of the late W. Francis and Gertrude Locker Taylor and the widower of Iola Simmons Taylor. He was preceded in death by a son, Booker W. Taylor Jr. He was a lifetime member of St. John AME Church, where he was a senior steward and a great prayer warrior. Survivors include three sisters-in-law, Dorothy P. Taylor and Minnie M. Taylor of Norfolk and Elvy S. Moore of Chesapeake; nine nieces, six nephews, a host of great-nieces, great-nephews, other relatives and friends. A homegoing service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in St. John AME Church by the Rev. I.W. Knight. The body will be placed in the church at 9 a.m. Friday. E.A. Hughes Funeral Home is in charge. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery . Additional Comments: TAYLOR, BOOKER W I786 Section 21, Block 21, Lot 1, Space SW 0 11/02/1996 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/t/taylorsr2727gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb