Russell J

Taylor

REFLECTIONS OF LIFE
RUSSELL JAMES TAYLOR WAS BORN IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY ON MAY 10TH,
1929 TO ETHEL BELL TAYLOR.
HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN WHERE HE WORKED AS A CHEF.
AFTER LEAVING THE MERCHANT MARINES, HE MOVED ON TO GENERAL MOTORS
WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.
RUSSELL JAMES TAYLOR MARRIED MARY MAXINE GRAY ON JULY 9TH, 1949. FROM
THAT UNION CAME TWO CHILDREN, ROBERT JAMES TAYLOR SR. AND VELMA
BEVELY TAYLOR (PORCHER)
RUSSELL LOVED LIFE AND HE LIVED IT TO THE FULLEST. HE BELONGED TO
SHILOH LODGE 53 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS PHA, PRINCE HALL OF
ENGLEWOOD, NJ WHERE HE WAS A PAST MASTER. HE WAS ALSO A PAST WORTHY
PATRON OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY
LAUGHING, TELLING STORIES AND PLAYING CARDS. HE ALSO ENJOYED
COOKING, AND WAS VERY GOOD AT IT! ONE OF THE PAST TIMES WHICH HE
TRULY ENJOYED WAS BOWLING WHERE HE AND HIS TEAMMATES WON MANY
AWARDS AND TROPHIES.
RUSSELL IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER ETHEL BELL, HIS ONLY WIFE
MARY MAXINE, AND HIS GRANDSON ROBERT JAMES JR.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY DAUGHTER VELMA TAYLOR (PORCHER),
SON ROBERT TAYLOR SR.; ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW WILLIAM GRAY (CAROLYN GRAY);
THREE NIECES TONI WYNTERS, DIANE ADKINS AND TARA GRAY; TWO NEPHEWS
ALLAN ALSTON JR. AND VINCENT LILLY. TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN A'SHANAY
PEREZ AND RAIMEK TAYLOR; THREE GOD CHILDREN ANDREA ALBERT, ADRIAN
POWELL AND NORMA WILKINS; ONE BONUS SISTER ETHEL MOSES; THREE
BONUS DAUGHTERS TAMARA BEAMER, LISA JONES AND DENISE DIXON; SEVERAL
GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.