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Terrellyn “Terry” D. Taylor, 61, wife of Pastor Daniel Taylor, who serves the Melvin-Fairview Ave. Charge in Cumberland, died suddenly from a heart attack Aug. 18, 2012, as they returned home from vacationing in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Rev. John Rudisill officiated at a funeral service at the Adams Family Funeral Home in Cumberland Aug. 23.

She was born Feb. 26, 1951, in Alexandria, Va., the daughter of the late Mervin John Wolford and Dorothy Bowman Wolford. She graduated from Fort Hill High School and Texarkana College in Texas. She and Daniel Taylor married in 1970.

Terry Taylor was secretary and treasurer for the Melvin UMC, but she said the hardest job was being the preacher’s wife. He had served the Charge for 14 years since 1998. 

She had held many positions since her college graduation, including as a waitress, a civil servant, a U.S. Customs Agent and a loyal military wife. After his military retirement, his church career began, as did hers. She recently became co-director of the Union Rescue Mission of Western Maryland, Inc., replacing her mother-in-law, Janie Taylor. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in the Republic of Panama.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, T. Noelle Kesner of Romney, W. Va., and Sarah D. Dunlap of Frostburg; and two grandchildren.

Condolences may be sent to Daniel G. Taylor, P.O. Box 688, Ft. Ashby, WV 26719.