Mrs. Gloria C. Taylor

Mrs. Gloria C. Taylor, age 78, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at her residence. Funeral services for Mrs. Taylor will be held on Friday, March 29, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Hugh Smith, Jr. will officiate, and interment will follow in Crystal Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday morning from 10:00 AM until the funeral hour.

Mrs. Taylor was born in Thomaston on January 10, 1946, to the late J. M. Calhoun and the late Myrtice Barron Calhoun Shumate. She was a 1964 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute and had been employed by the Thomaston Mills Finishing Division Office. She was a deputy clerk of the Upson County Magistrate Court from 2001 until her retirement in 2016. Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Thomaston First Assembly of God Church.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Danny Lewis Taylor, and her step father, W. J. Shumate. She is survived by two daughters: Shay (Ricky) English and Sloan (Tim) Ledbetter, both of Thomaston; a son, Slate Taylor (Scott Barnett) of Atlanta; a sister: Pam (Duane) Kellett, of Thomaston; four grandchildren: Ellie English, Jules Passmore, Landry English, and Sophie Barnett; a sister-in-law: Joan Matthews of Thomaston; and a brother-in-law, Mark (Fran) Taylor of Carrollton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to The Gideons International, PO Box 1034, Thomaston, GA 30286.

Fletcher-Day Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements. Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com.