Born: 8 December 1941 -
Palestine, Anderson, Texas
Died: 6 December 2003 - Dallas,
Dallas, Texas
Father:
George
Taylor
Mother:
Nancy Elizabeth Muse
Spouse: Melvin J. Paris
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Services for Alma Joyce Taylor-Paris will be
at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church with the Rev. Roy
G. Duncan officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery
under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
Mrs. Taylor-Paris died
Dec. 6, at her Dallas residence.
She was born Dec. 8, 1941, in
Palestine to George and Nancy Muse Taylor.
Mrs. Taylor-Paris
attended Fred Douglass Elementary School, Lincoln Junior High School
and graduated from A.M. Story High School in 1959.
She was
formerly married to Melvin J. Paris. She was employed at
Warner Brothers Records and Mostek/SGS Thompson Technologies.
Mrs. Taylor-Paris was preceded in death by her parents.
She is
survived by sisters, Ruby J. Deadmon of Dallas and Bernadine Taylor
of Palestine; brothers, Jesse L. Taylor of San Bernardino, Calif.,
Lewis E. Taylor of Houston, Kenneth E. Taylor of Moreno Valley,
Calif., and James Taylor of Palestine; stepchildren, Sharon Paris,
Renee Swanson and Terrence Paris.
Active pallbearers will be Fred
Decluette, Vernon Denmon, Clarence Muse, Marvin Parrish and Travis
West.
The A.M. Story High School Class of 1959 will be honorary
pallbearers.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at
the funeral home.
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Alma J. Taylor was born December 8,
1941 in Palestine, Texas to the late George and Nancy E. Taylor.
She was one of seven children. She joined Mt. Vernon A.M.E.
church under the pastorage of the Rev. Bennett at an early age.
Alma loved God and life. She had
compassion for others and loved her family and friends dearly.
She always had an open door policy for friends down on their luck.
If you needed a temporary place to live, she would always offer her
home until you got on your feet.
Alma attended elementary school at Fred
Douglass School, junior high at Lincoln School and graduated from
A.M. Story High School in 1959. After graduation from high
school, she married Melvin J. Paris to that union no children were
born, but she had step-children she loved dearly.
She was employed over 15 years with Warner
Brothers Records in Sales and Mostek/SGS Thompson Technologies as a
Technician with computer chips. During her journey she made
many friends and may God make their healing time short.
Blessed are they that mourn for
they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)
Alma was in remission from cancer for 9
years and 11 months. A courageous battle she fought without
any complaints, until the Lord said to her
"Well done my good and faithful
servant!" The Angels
took her away while she slept Saturday morning on December 6, 2003,
two days before her birthday.
She leaves to mourn two sisters; Ruby J.
Deadmon (Lee), and Bernadine Taylor. Four brothers; Jesse L.
Taylor (Joann), Lewis E. Taylor (Geraldine) and Kenneth E. Taylor
(Pamela), James J. Taylor (Azalean), three step-children; Sharon
Paris, Renee Swanson and Terrence Paris, a host of nieces and
nephews, cousins and dear friends.
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