Christine Taylor

Christine Herren Taylor, 98, of 1 Quaile Pointe, died Saturday, January 9, 2010. Mrs. Taylor was a Buncombe County native and was a daughter of the late Wiley Eugene and Effie McElrath Herren. She was preceded in death by her husband, George W. Taylor, and by her brothers and sisters, Ernest, Sherman, Claude, Bill, James, Markie, Hazel and Geneva. Mrs. Taylor was a pioneer employee at American Enka and retired from CP Clare Co. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons, George Herren Taylor and his wife, Hazel, and William Milburn Taylor and his wife, Mary, all of Arden; four grandchildren, Gary Herren Taylor, Christy Williams, Lisa Lackey, and Lynn Abed; seven great-grandchildren, Geoffery, Chelsea, Sara, Avery, Jessica, Jake and Whitney, and two sisters, Frances Epps and Imogene Borgelt, both of Rock Hill, SC. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Finley officiating. Interment will follow at Pisgah View Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be made to ABCCM, 30 Cumberland Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801.