- Martha Bayne Mallary Taylor
Laurens November 04, 2007
Martha Bayne Mallary (Mrs. Eben) Taylor, died at the Martha Franks Retirement Center in Laurens on November 4, 2007. Mrs. Taylor, daughter of Martha Bayne Mallary and Edgar Young Mallary, Jr., was born in Macon, Georgia, on June 2, 1924. She atattended Hollins College; the University of North Carolina (B.A.); Southern Baptist Seminary; Duke University Divinity School (where she was one of the first female recipients of a Master of Divinity degree); and the University of South Carolinana, (Masters of Education in Guidance and Counseling). Mrs. Taylor and Eben Taylor, on his way to being ordained as a United Methodist minister, met at Duke University and were married September 1, 1951. Their children are Mark Taylor (Suzanne) of Lexington, Charles Taylor (Florence) of Greenville, and Stephen Taylor of Greenville. Also surviving are one sister, Blanche Willingham of Macon, Georgia; four beloved grandchildren, Sarah, Ben, Mallary and Wesley; and eight nieces and nephhews.She was predeceased by a son, Eben Taylor, III; and two brothers, Ed Mallary and Bayne Mallary. The Taylor Family served United Methodist congregations in Durham, North Carolina, and in North Charleston, Cayce, Columbia, Charleston Heights, Anderson, Greenville, Bennettsville and Laurens. Mrs. Taylor served as Guidance Counselor at Chicora High School in Charleston, at Westside High School in Anderson, and at Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville. In a gentle, intelligent and caring way, she loved her family, her students, her fellow church members, and her neighbors in the communities in which she resided. They assuredly are nicer places because she lived, worked and loved there. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Laurens. The family wishes to extend special thanks to the caregivers and staff in the Alzheimer's Unit at Martha Franks. A celebration of her life will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Laurens on Saturday, November 17, 2007, at noon. Memorials may be sent to the Laurens County Hospital Meditation Garden Health Care Trust, P.O. Box 1338, Laurens, South Carolina 29360, or to a service unit of choice.The Kennedy Mortuary, Laurens.
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1924 - 2007 (83 years)
