Gertrude Leone Taylor, 81, of St. Augustine, FL died May 8, 1998, in Holly Hill. Born in Milan, Missouri, she was a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist College and had a master's degree from the University of Florida. She taught in public schools from 1953 to 1981 with many honors and was the first woman in Florida to become an assistant principal. She organized the St. Augustine chapter of the American Association of University Women, was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Gamma, Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and was a charter member of Alpha Delta Kappa. She has lived in St. Augustine since 1953 and was a member of Anastasia Baptist Church, which she and her husband, the late Rev. Glen M. Taylor helped to found.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Memorial Park with Rev. Ron Moore, pastor of Anastasia Baptist Church, officiating.
Flowers are gratefully denied and those wishing may make donations in her memory to the Hammock Baptist Church Benevolent Fund, c/o Rev. Roger Huth, 5918 North Oceanshore Blvd., Palm Coast, Fla. 32137.
Taylor is survived by her daughter, Barbara Corbell of St. Augustine; three sisters, Imo Jean Pipes and Cora Josephine Mortimer, both of St. Augustine and Delores D. Shurick of Cherokee, N.C.; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Arrangements are being handled by Craig Funeral Home.
Mrs. Taylor taught Biology and English at Ketterlinus High School in St. Augustine. Her husband, Rev. Glen McCully Taylor taught Social Science at Ketterlinus.
Obituary courtesy of Dick A. Brantley...
Gertrude Leone Taylor, 81, of St. Augustine, FL died May 8, 1998, in Holly Hill. Born in Milan, Missouri, she was a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist College and had a master's degree from the University of Florida. She taught in public schools from 1953 to 1981 with many honors and was the first woman in Florida to become an assistant principal. She organized the St. Augustine chapter of the American Association of University Women, was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Gamma, Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and was a charter member of Alpha Delta Kappa. She has lived in St. Augustine since 1953 and was a member of Anastasia Baptist Church, which she and her husband, the late Rev. Glen M. Taylor helped to found.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Memorial Park with Rev. Ron Moore, pastor of Anastasia Baptist Church, officiating.
Flowers are gratefully denied and those wishing may make donations in her memory to the Hammock Baptist Church Benevolent Fund, c/o Rev. Roger Huth, 5918 North Oceanshore Blvd., Palm Coast, Fla. 32137.
Taylor is survived by her daughter, Barbara Corbell of St. Augustine; three sisters, Imo Jean Pipes and Cora Josephine Mortimer, both of St. Augustine and Delores D. Shurick of Cherokee, N.C.; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Arrangements are being handled by Craig Funeral Home.
Mrs. Taylor taught Biology and English at Ketterlinus High School in St. Augustine. Her husband, Rev. Glen McCully Taylor taught Social Science at Ketterlinus.
Obituary courtesy of Dick A. Brantley...
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