MARGIE TAYLOR RILEY

MARGIE ANN TAYLOR RILEY OF AVON PARK, PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 18, 2022, IN SEBRING, FLORIDA. MRS. RILEY WAS BORN ON OCOTBER 3, 1959, IN SYLVESTER, GEORGIA. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF LUCIUS TAYLOR, SR. AND LLLIE MAE COLEMAN TYALOR.

SHE GREW UP IN AVON PARK AND GRADUATED FROM AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOL ON JUNE 6, 1977. SHE ENLISTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON NOVEMBER 27, 1979. SHE WAS AN E-4.  AMONG HER CITATIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDED, AN ARMY SERVICE BADGE RIBBON, EXPERT BADGE WITH .38 CALIBER PISTOL BAR, MARKSMAN BADGE WITH M-16 RIFLE BAR, MARKSMAN BADGE WITH HAND GRENADE BAR, AND COMPLETED MILITARY POLICE SCHOOL. 

SHE WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF NEW PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD BY FAITH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. ANDERSON.

MARGIE WAS ALSO AN ENTREPRENUER. SHE WAS A LICENSED COSMESTOLOGIST AND SHE WAS ALSO THE OWNER OF SISTER'S HAIR & BEAUTY SALON.

SHE MARRIED MR. HALVERT RILEY ON JULY 24, 2001. THEY REMAINED MARRIED UNTIL HER PASSING.

MARGIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS, BROTHERS, ROBERT GORDON AND LUCIUS TAYLOR, JR., AND A SISTER, GWENDOLYN HILTON.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER WONDERFUL MEMORIES, HER HUSBAND, HALVERT, FOSTER CHILDREN, DESHAWN LAMPKIN, KEMRYAH BALDWIN, JAQWAUN COOPER, AND FREDREONA COOPER; SIBLINGS, WILLIAM TAYLOR (ANGELA), EUGENE TAYLOR (DORIS), BOBBY TAYLOR (DEBRA), ROSS TAYLOR (PATSY), J.D. TAYLOR (MARY), HENRY TAYLOR (PAMELA), CURTIS TAYLOR (IRMA), HATTIE MAE MCDONALD, LILLIE M. HILTON (ROBERT), ANNIE HILTON (JAMES), ALICE HILTON (ARTHUR), COUNCILWOMAN BERNIEICE TAYLOR, DOROTHY GORDON AND FRANK HILTON; NEIGHBOR/ DAUGHTER, SAMANTHA MOOTOOSAMMY (MICHAEL); GODCHILDREN, REGGIE ALLEN, SHENELLIE MOOTOOSAMMY, MICHAEL MOOTOOSAMMY, JR. AND NIKKO DAWSON; AND A HOST OF MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

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