Maria Elnora Washburn Taylor

TAYLOR, Maria Elnora Washburn, 67, of Prince George County, died Monday, October 27, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Emporia, Va., and had been a resident of the Hopewell and Prince George area most of her life. Mrs. Taylor was a former Brownie and Girl Scout leader and was an active member of Merchants Hope Church and The Merchants Hope Foundation. She was the daughter of the late Winthrop D. and Virginia Overstreet Washburn and was the widow of Gerald Avin Taylor. Mrs. Taylor is survived by two daughters, Maria Ingrid Taylor-Fincham and her husband, Douglas, of Baltimore, Md., Mary Taylor Headrick of Prince George; and a brother, John R. "Jack" Washburn and his wife, Becky, of Matthews, Va. The family will receive friends Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. A funeral service will be held Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 11 a.m. in Merchants Hope Episcopal Church. Interment will be in Merchants Hope Memorial Gardens, Prince George. Memorial contributions may be made to Merchants Hope Episcopal Church, 11500 Merchants Hope Road, Prince George, Va., 23875, or the American Cancer Society, 4240 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, Va. 23060. Condolences may be registered with www.jtmorriss.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.