Mrs. Mary Bernice Taylor

Mary Bernice “Bea” Taylor passed away peacefully, enveloped by love and surrounded by family, on July 1, 2016. She was a beloved and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, great aunt and compassionate friend to all. Born in Washington, DC in 1924, Bea was one of 6 children of George and Bessie Gibson of St. Mary’s county, Maryland. Bea attended Eastern High School in Washington, DC where in 1943, she met her future husband, Jaxon. It was a match made in heaven, and Bea picked Jack out of a number of suitors. After graduation, Jack entered the Army Air Corps, and was stationed in Texas. Bea and Jack married two years later in Washington, DC, and moved back to Texas for a short period of time. After the conclusion of the war, Bea and Jack moved back to Washington where Jack began a career with the federal government. Their twin sons Larry and Gary were born in Washington, DC in 1949, after which Bea and Jack moved to Silver Spring, MD. Daughter Cheri was born in 1958. Bea and Jack moved to Howard County, MD in 1994. Bea was devoted to family, and loved all unconditionally. Extended family and friends were fond of gathering at Bea and Jack’s home where they were always welcome. Bea was an immaculate homemaker, and a keen manager of the household budget, allowing them to purchase a beach home in Delaware in the early 1970s. Bea and Jack were blessed with two wonderful grandchildren, Christopher and Patrick. Christopher and Anne, and Patrick and Vicky, always brought great joy to Bea. She was blessed with a great granddaughter, Jessica in 2015. Bea is survived by husband Jack; children Gary and Teresa, Larry and Lorri, and Cheri and Jim; grandchildren Christopher and Anne and Patrick and Vicky; great granddaughter Jessica; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great nephews, and loving friends. A viewing will be held on Wednesday July 6 from 2:00-4:00pm, and 6:00-8:00pm at Haight Funeral Home. A Mass will be celebrated on July 7 at 10:30am, preceded by a 30 minute viewing, at St. John the Evangelist Church, 10431 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia, MD. Entombment will follow at Crest Lawn cemetery. Contributions in lieu of flowers should be sent to the Poor Clare Order of Perpetual Adoration, 3900 13th Street , NE, Washington, DC 20017.