Born in Wayne County and at the age of 4 years old , her family moved to Waycross and lived on Albany Avenue , her father worked for the Railroad.
She graduated from Waycross High School and worked with the shoe factory on Plant Avenue and later married and had a daughter, Harriett Dukes , she divorced after 28 years .
Mrs. Virginia Sports Taylor, 104, passed away Thursday (August 3, 2023) at Bayview Nursing Home in Nahunta following a short illness.
She was born in Odum, GA to the late Marcus Lafayette Sports and Estella Ogden Sports. She was a homemaker but later in life was employed with Memorial Hospital as an LPN. She was a member of Hebardville Baptist Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. In her spare time she enjoyed reading her bible, adult coloring books, word search puzzles, and bingo but most of all spending time with her family and traveling.
In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by four sisters, Mary Burch, Ernestine Davis, JoAnn Mobley, and Imogene Hodges; and three brothers, Harry Sports, J.E. Sports, and Robert Sports.
She is survived by her daughter, Harriett Dukes of Waycross; two grandsons, Jim Dukes of Hulett, WY and Jayson Dukes of Manhattan, NY; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday (August 8, 2023) at Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will begin receiving friends at the cemetery on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to Set Free South Georgia, 74 Satilla Pines Rd., Nahunta, GA 31553.
Mrs. Taylor went back to school to become a LPN then worked at the local hospital for 7 years , later she moved to Wyoming with her daughter for 4 years .
She has retired and has been living out at Baptist Village also her daughter is living out there also..
She graduated from Waycross High School and worked with the shoe factory on Plant Avenue and later married and had a daughter, Harriett Dukes , she divorced after 28 years .
Mrs. Virginia Sports Taylor, 104, passed away Thursday (August 3, 2023) at Bayview Nursing Home in Nahunta following a short illness.
She was born in Odum, GA to the late Marcus Lafayette Sports and Estella Ogden Sports. She was a homemaker but later in life was employed with Memorial Hospital as an LPN. She was a member of Hebardville Baptist Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. In her spare time she enjoyed reading her bible, adult coloring books, word search puzzles, and bingo but most of all spending time with her family and traveling.
In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by four sisters, Mary Burch, Ernestine Davis, JoAnn Mobley, and Imogene Hodges; and three brothers, Harry Sports, J.E. Sports, and Robert Sports.
She is survived by her daughter, Harriett Dukes of Waycross; two grandsons, Jim Dukes of Hulett, WY and Jayson Dukes of Manhattan, NY; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday (August 8, 2023) at Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will begin receiving friends at the cemetery on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to Set Free South Georgia, 74 Satilla Pines Rd., Nahunta, GA 31553.
Mrs. Taylor went back to school to become a LPN then worked at the local hospital for 7 years , later she moved to Wyoming with her daughter for 4 years .
She has retired and has been living out at Baptist Village also her daughter is living out there also..
Born in Wayne County and at the age of 4 years old , her family moved to Waycross and lived on Albany Avenue , her father worked for the Railroad.
She graduated from Waycross High School and worked with the shoe factory on Plant Avenue and later married and had a daughter, Harriett Dukes , she divorced after 28 years .
Mrs. Virginia Sports Taylor, 104, passed away Thursday (August 3, 2023) at Bayview Nursing Home in Nahunta following a short illness.
She was born in Odum, GA to the late Marcus Lafayette Sports and Estella Ogden Sports. She was a homemaker but later in life was employed with Memorial Hospital as an LPN. She was a member of Hebardville Baptist Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. In her spare time she enjoyed reading her bible, adult coloring books, word search puzzles, and bingo but most of all spending time with her family and traveling.
In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by four sisters, Mary Burch, Ernestine Davis, JoAnn Mobley, and Imogene Hodges; and three brothers, Harry Sports, J.E. Sports, and Robert Sports.
She is survived by her daughter, Harriett Dukes of Waycross; two grandsons, Jim Dukes of Hulett, WY and Jayson Dukes of Manhattan, NY; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday (August 8, 2023) at Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will begin receiving friends at the cemetery on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to Set Free South Georgia, 74 Satilla Pines Rd., Nahunta, GA 31553.
Mrs. Taylor went back to school to become a LPN then worked at the local hospital for 7 years , later she moved to Wyoming with her daughter for 4 years .
She has retired and has been living out at Baptist Village also her daughter is living out there also..
She graduated from Waycross High School and worked with the shoe factory on Plant Avenue and later married and had a daughter, Harriett Dukes , she divorced after 28 years .
Mrs. Virginia Sports Taylor, 104, passed away Thursday (August 3, 2023) at Bayview Nursing Home in Nahunta following a short illness.
She was born in Odum, GA to the late Marcus Lafayette Sports and Estella Ogden Sports. She was a homemaker but later in life was employed with Memorial Hospital as an LPN. She was a member of Hebardville Baptist Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. In her spare time she enjoyed reading her bible, adult coloring books, word search puzzles, and bingo but most of all spending time with her family and traveling.
In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by four sisters, Mary Burch, Ernestine Davis, JoAnn Mobley, and Imogene Hodges; and three brothers, Harry Sports, J.E. Sports, and Robert Sports.
She is survived by her daughter, Harriett Dukes of Waycross; two grandsons, Jim Dukes of Hulett, WY and Jayson Dukes of Manhattan, NY; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday (August 8, 2023) at Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will begin receiving friends at the cemetery on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to Set Free South Georgia, 74 Satilla Pines Rd., Nahunta, GA 31553.
Mrs. Taylor went back to school to become a LPN then worked at the local hospital for 7 years , later she moved to Wyoming with her daughter for 4 years .
She has retired and has been living out at Baptist Village also her daughter is living out there also..
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