Dorothy Justis Taylor

Mrs. Dorothy Justis “Dot” Taylor, 98, wife of the late Robert Shipley Taylor, and a lifelong resident of Parksley, Va., passed away Monday, April 18, 2016 at Riverside Shore Rehabilitation Center in Parksley.

Born April 16, 1918 in Mutton Hunk, Va., she was a daughter of the late Alfred Thomas Justis and Jennie Leigh Milliner Justis.  Dot worked in the office at Byrd Foods and later retired as a CD officer from Central Fidelity Bank.  She was a member of the Emblem Club, a devoted member of Grace United Methodist Church, and enjoyed wintering in Florida, where she was a member of the Red Hat Society. 

Survivors include her two sons, Danny Justis Taylor and wife Linda of Snow Hill, Md., and Robert Dale Taylor and wife Mary Asher of Gloucester, Va.; two sisters, Jenny Lee Thornes of Parksley, and Lillian Bratten of Delaware; five grandchildren, Tommy E. Taylor II, Robert Dale Taylor, Jr., Michael Ward Taylor, Willard Walter Ward, Jr., and Teresa Renae McWilliams; several great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.  In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by her son, Thomas Ewell Taylor; and three brothers, Alfred Justis, Jr., Edward Justis, and George Justis. 

Funeral services will be conducted from the chapel of the Williams-Parksley Funeral Home on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., with Pastors George Fulk and Hyeon Ho Lee officiating.  Interment will follow in the Liberty Cemetery.  There will be a visitation at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Flowers will be accepted, or memorial contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 156, Parksley, Va. 23421, St. Thomas United Methodist Church, C/O Robert Carr, P.O. Box 485, Parksley, Va.  23421, or to Riverside Shore Hospice, P.O. Box 615, Onley, Va. 23418.

Memory tributes may be shared with the family at www.williamsfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements by the Williams-Parksley Funeral Home.