Services
Ms. Doris B. Taylor, funeral Services will be held on Thursday, September 6, 2018 at Willis and Sons Funeral Home Chapel, 5235 Robinson Road Ext., Jackson MS at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be Wednesday, September 5, 2018 from 1:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Willis and Sons Funeral Home 5235 Robinson Road Ext., Jackson MS. . Interment: Green Hill Cemetery, Edwards, MS.
Obituary
Doris Beatrice Gray Taylor was born on October 3, 1929, the youngest child in a family of 16 children (six girls and ten boys) of the late Prince Albert Gray, Sr., and Carrie Hicks Gray. She grew up in Edwards, Mississippi, and Attended SCI (Southern Christian Institute). She moved to Washington D.C. to live with her oldest sister Ada G. Piper, while completing her high school education.
She pursued a career in medicine at the Homer G Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri where she was trained to be a nurse. At the time she attended it was the first teaching hospital west of the Mississippi River to serve Blacks. Homer G. Phillips Hospital had trained the largest number of black doctors and nurses in the world.
She furthered her nursing education by receiving an RN degree, from Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.
Doris served as a Pediatric Nurse at The Woman's Hospital in Cleveland, and was featured in an article for her compassion and care of the children she served. Her last place of service was the Veterans Administrative Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.
Her interest included gardening (especially roses), playing the organ and reading.
Doris was baptized at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church at an early age and when she returned to Edwards, Mississippi later in life, she was a faithful member, until she was confined to home due to a long-term illness.
On Thursday August 30,2018, Doris departed this life and exchanged time for eternity. She leaves to cherish her memory: her seven children, Debra (Todd Young- deceased) McCauley- Young, Bruce A. McCauley, Phyllis Annette (Gabe) Coleman, Jr., Judith (Stanley) Alexander, Ina Taylor, Ivy (Willie) Bunton Jr., George (Joyce) Taylor; grandchildren, Karie and Martin Coleman, Jamal, Justin and Jelani Alexander, Arianna Knotts, Doris Nichole Smith, Leonard Smith Jr., Jazzmin (Terry) Church Jr., Nazari Dalon Taylor and Sir. Walter Zacharia Taylor; great grandchildren Ivy Danielle Ceasar and Robert Anthony Ceasar Jr. and Terry Church III; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Doris was preceded in death by her 15 brothers and sisters as follows: George Gray, Prince Albert Gray Jr., John Henry Gray, Benjamin Gray, Ada Gray Piper, Josephine Gray, Rufus Gray, Moses Gray, James Gray, Herman Gray, Thelma Gray Eldridge, William Gray, Nerissa Gray Smith, Leo Gray, and Gladys Gray Sanders.
She pursued a career in medicine at the Homer G Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri where she was trained to be a nurse. At the time she attended it was the first teaching hospital west of the Mississippi River to serve Blacks. Homer G. Phillips Hospital had trained the largest number of black doctors and nurses in the world.
She furthered her nursing education by receiving an RN degree, from Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.
Doris served as a Pediatric Nurse at The Woman's Hospital in Cleveland, and was featured in an article for her compassion and care of the children she served. Her last place of service was the Veterans Administrative Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.
Her interest included gardening (especially roses), playing the organ and reading.
Doris was baptized at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church at an early age and when she returned to Edwards, Mississippi later in life, she was a faithful member, until she was confined to home due to a long-term illness.
On Thursday August 30,2018, Doris departed this life and exchanged time for eternity. She leaves to cherish her memory: her seven children, Debra (Todd Young- deceased) McCauley- Young, Bruce A. McCauley, Phyllis Annette (Gabe) Coleman, Jr., Judith (Stanley) Alexander, Ina Taylor, Ivy (Willie) Bunton Jr., George (Joyce) Taylor; grandchildren, Karie and Martin Coleman, Jamal, Justin and Jelani Alexander, Arianna Knotts, Doris Nichole Smith, Leonard Smith Jr., Jazzmin (Terry) Church Jr., Nazari Dalon Taylor and Sir. Walter Zacharia Taylor; great grandchildren Ivy Danielle Ceasar and Robert Anthony Ceasar Jr. and Terry Church III; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Doris was preceded in death by her 15 brothers and sisters as follows: George Gray, Prince Albert Gray Jr., John Henry Gray, Benjamin Gray, Ada Gray Piper, Josephine Gray, Rufus Gray, Moses Gray, James Gray, Herman Gray, Thelma Gray Eldridge, William Gray, Nerissa Gray Smith, Leo Gray, and Gladys Gray Sanders.
