Dianne Taylor took Jesus' hand when He came for her in the early morning hours of June 10, 2024, at Foxbridge memory care home. Gladys Dianne was born on April 21,1940 to Eugene Foster Scarbrough and Gertrude May Wimpee Scarbrough at home in Humboldt, TN. She was told that it was a light snow there on her birthday. She was the youngest of 9 children and had a wonderful childhood playing and working on their family farm. She helped feed the animals, milked cows, and goats, took care of the chickens and eggs, and chopped cotton and lots of other chores. She graduated from North Side High School, Jackson, TN in 1958. Her favorite subject was Home Economics and she told memories of those classes all her life.
She moved to Memphis, TN after graduation to live with her sister and work at Union Planters Bank as a teller. She met her husband, Roy Edward Taylor, because her sister was dating his brother. He was working at a meat packing plant but soon became a Memphis police officer. They had 3 daughters while they lived on Russwood Street in Memphis. Dianne worked at Schering- Plough Co. for a few months to make money for appliances and furniture for their new home. That was the only time she held an outside job while raising her children. They moved to Elmore Park Rd in Bartlett in 1968 and a son was born a year later.
In the 1970's she started attending Trafalgar Village Baptist Church and re-dedicated her life to Jesus. Once she joined church, she started teaching a children's Sunday school class and did so for 42 years. She only stopped teaching because she couldn't hear the children well enough.
She was a great homemaker, seamstress, school homeroom mother, choir member, Brownie Troop assistant, gardener, woodworker, Mother and Grandmother "Nanny". She made the best homemade pizza. She provided her kids with piano and voice lessons, drove them to sports and cheer practices and games. She built cabinets and several bookcases, a full-size playhouse and furniture for her family. But the most important thing she did was take her family to church and show them how to live for Jesus. As her children got older, Dianne started keeping other kids, while their parents worked. When her children blessed her with grandchildren, she was able to keep them, while their mommas worked. She took care of 4 grandkids, from 4 years and younger at one time. She was amazing!  Eventually she went back to some public jobs as a secretary.
Dianne was preceded in death by her ex-husband, Roy Taylor; her parents, Eugene and Gertie Scarbrough; her brothers: Harris, Obed, Richard, and David Scarbrough; her sisters, Annie Laura Scarbrough, Beatrice Moore and Elzarine Taylor and grandson, Joshua Edward Robbins.
She is survived by her four children: Melanie Robbins (Eddie) of Arlington, TN, Phyllis Morrow (Tim) of Rosemark, TN, Cathy Lindsey (Jay) of Eads, TN, and Roy Taylor of Oakland, TN; 9 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great- grandson; one sister, Margie Holmes of Jackson, Tennessee; a favorite niece, Linda Cottrell of Arlington Texas; and a host of extended family and friends.

Dianne's favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 3:5-7

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil."

The family request in lieu of flowers:  potted plants or memorials to Trafalgar Village Baptist Church or your favorite charity.

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