Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Vernator Taylor

Nov. 17, 1946 - Nov. 23, 1996

 

South Bend Tribune 11/26/1996

She possessed a gentle strength and loving kindness. Her angelic voice reassured us that all would be well. Vernator Taylor, 50, of Fleetwood Lane, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 8:05 a.m. in Parkersville, W. Va., following an auto accident. She was born to the union of Vernator and Samuel Austin, Sr., on Nov. 17, 1946, in South Bend. She was a 1966 graduate of Central High School. She attended Ball State University for two years, Bethel College and Charles Harrison Mason Bible College.

 

On Oct. 4, 1969, she was united in Holy Matrimony to Carl Taylor in South Bend. Leaving to cherish her memory is her husband, Carl Taylor, her son, Brantley Carl Taylor and her mother, Mrs. Vernator Austin, all of South Bend; five sisters, Estella Burrell of Dayton, Ohio, Betty Berry of Los Angeles, Calif., Barbara (Percy) Jones, Debra (Rev. Richard) Jennings, and Geraldine Cheaton, all of South Bend; three brothers, Samuel (Clara) Austin, Jr., of South Bend, George (Margaret) Austin of Stone Mountain, Ga., Elder William (Janathan) Austin of Grand Rapids, Mich. She was preceded in death by her father, Samuel Austin, Sr., on Jan. 5, 1990, and by her son on Oct. 29, 1994.

 

Funeral services will be held at Saints Memorial Church of God in Christ where she was an aspiring Missionary, a Vocation Bible School teacher, a member of Les Lueurs Educational Committee, Young Women's Christian Council, Women in Touch, Links, and two volunteer services, Gus Mackers, Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm. today at Alford's Mortuary.