Doris Taylor

TAYLOR, Mrs. Doris Marie - age 53, passed away Friday, July 20, 2012 at McLaren Oakland Hospital.Family hour 10:30AM Tuesday July 31, 2012 at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 394 Howland Ave., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11AM. Pastor Solomon Smith, officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Tuesday. Mrs. Taylor will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from Noon-8PM Monday. Mrs. Doris Marie Taylor was born August 23, 1958 to Homer and Lillian Hill, who preceded her in death. Doris moved to Pontiac in December 1968 with her parents and siblings. She attended Wilson Elementary School, Eastern Jr. High and graduated from Pontiac Northern High School in 1976. Doris continued her education at Pontiac Business Institute and Oakland University. She worked for the City of Pontiac for three years and due to her passion for shopping she decided to go into retail sales and worked in management for SS Kresge until it closed. Then Target was her next quest and she worked there for twenty two years until her health forced her into retirement, but it did not take away her passion for shopping. She became a professional shopper until the Lord called her home. She united in marriage July 23, 1988. Doris was a member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, where she served as a nurse until her illness. Mrs. Taylor leaves to cherish her memory: husband, Willie Taylor Jr.; son, David (Tonya) Hill; three grandchildren, DeA’irra, Davesha and David Jr. sister, Shirley Carter; seven brothers, Larry (Anna) Hill, Milton (Marilyn) Hill, Elton (Bonita) Hill, Mark (Marie) Hill, Calvin (Tamiko) Hill, Jason & Mark Hatcher; father-in-law, Willie (Jackie) Taylor, Sr; sisters-in-law, Ester (John) Kennedy, Musette (Larry) Hill, Diane (Samuel) Carter, Denise (Damion) Harvey; brothers-in-law, Thomas Taylor and Rev. Christopher (Donna) Taylor; step-brother-in-law, Cedric Campbell; goddaughter, Lakeshia Cohen; and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian and Homer Hill; siblings, Robert Hill, Wayne Hill, Willie Hill and Roosevelt Hill; mother-in-law, Katie Taylor; step-mother, Prynthia Hill; and sister-in-law, Lorine Hill.

Doris Taylor

August 23, 1958 - July 20, 2012