Mrs. Esther Mae Phillips Taylor

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Posted by: SorrellsGeneva
Date: Feb 15 2012 3:46 PM

Mrs. Esther Mae Phillips Taylor of Geneva, Alabama went home to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, February 15, 2012.  She was 87.

 

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 17, in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home in Geneva with Dr. Mike Shirah officiating.  Burial will follow in the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday, February 16, from 6 until 8 p.m.

 

The family asked that flowers be omitted and memorial contributions be made to the Maple Avenue Baptist Church, 1009 W. Maple Ave., Geneva, AL 36340.

 

Mrs. Taylor was born November 28, 1924 in Coffee County, Alabama to the late Johnny Preston and Mary Levenne Leddon Phillips.  After 26 years of service she retired from B.C. Moore and Sons.  For more than 50 years she was a very active member of Maple Avenue Baptist Church and the adult choir.   She was very faithful and devoted to her family and her church.  She will be greatly missed.

 

Survivors include her husband of 68 years, Acie W. Taylor, Geneva; one son, Danny Taylor (Madelyn), Madison, WI; one daughter, Diane Goodnight, Hartford; five grandchildren: Denise Crosby and Dennis Goodnight, both of Hartford, Kevin Goodnight, Raleigh, NC, Veronica Exum, Dothan, Amber Taylor Flanagan (Gary J.), Geneva; special adopted granddaughter, Krystyn Mixon Davis, Geneva; four great-grandchildren: Daniel Paul, Avery Paul and Brittany Crosby, all of Geneva, Ashlen Exum, Dothan; one great great-grandson, Dylan Michael Taylor, Geneva; special first cousin, Billy Joe Phillips, Geneva; special family friend, Dot Anderson; other extended family and a host of friends.

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