Libby Brown Taylor

Mrs. Libby Brown Taylor, 74, of Mount Airy, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Taylor was born January 13, 1935, in Surry County, to Lonnie C. Brown and Leona Beck Brown. She was a retired school teacher, having taught 30 years with most of that time at Mount Airy Junior High School. Mrs. Taylor had been an active member of First Presbyterian Church prior to her illness. She was a charter member of the Surry County Historical Society and a charter builder of The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History and was a former volunteer there. She was a past member of the Mount Airy Altrusa International Club. Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Stephen "Steve" Taylor in 2008; and an infant son, Nathan Anderson Taylor in 1960. She is survived by her sons, Stephen Christopher Taylor and Stuart Austin Taylor, both of Winston-Salem; a grandson, Christopher Adam Taylor of Winston-Salem; two sisters, Mary Lynn Dorton of Jacksonville, FL, and Ann K. Montgomery and her husband, Harry, of Raleigh; a brother, Lon J. Brown of Knoxville, TN; her step-mother, Katherine Brown of Mount Airy; and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held Monday, December 28, 2009, at 10:00 AM at First Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Steve Lindsley officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday night from 6:00 to 8:00 at Moody Funeral Home in Mount Airy. The family requests that memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1286, Mount Airy, NC 27030; National Parkinson's Foundation, Inc., 1501 NW 9th Avenue, Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136 or online at www.parkinson.org; to a local Salvation Army; or to a charity of the donor's choice.