On Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at her residence in La Plata, MD, one very precious to us entered into Eternal Rest. She was our mother and our greatest friend. She leaves to mourn her four sons, Emerson, Charles Rodney, Harold and Gregory; six daughters, Sadonia, Thomasine, Alice Yvonne, Juasita, Phillipa and Gail, and like a daughter, Dolores Skinner. She also leaves 38 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren; four daughters-in-law, Jackie, Varie, Debbie and Valerie; three sons-in-law, George, Freddie and Francis; one brother, Francis Chesley; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles A. Taylor; one daughter, Dorothy E. Yates; four sons, Jerome, Thaddeus, Donald and Winfield; one sister, Dorothy W. Barbour and two brothers, Joseph and Carlyle Waters. Viewing Sunday, June 11, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Pomfret, MD, 4 to 8 p.m., prayers 7 p.m., and on Monday, June 12, 10 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m. Interment church cemetery. Arrangements by THORNTON FUNERAL HOME, Pomonkey, MD.