Alice Ruth Taylor nee Brown of Stanton, Mo. was born Tuesday, October 9,1923 in Steelville, Mo. to the late Job Richard Brown and Elva Mae Murray Brown and departed this life Thursday, February 21, 2002 at the age of 78 years, 4 months and 12 days. Alice married Carl Vernon Taylor on April 15, 1950 at the 3rd Baptist Church in St. Louis, Mo. by Dr. C. Oscar Johnson and they made their home together for over 51 years. Alice worked most of her life as a factory worker, working at Small Arms Company as an inspector during the war and later at Carter Carburetor. She worked a number of years in a cap factory and also at a shoe factor in Cuba, Mo. Alice worked at Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan, Mo. in the kitchen before retiring. Alice accepted the Lord as her personal savior many years ago and was instrumental in leading her husband Carl to the Lord, and later Carl surrendered to the ministry and she became a pastor's wife as well. Alice taught Sunday School and W.M.U. for many years and helped Carl in his ministry visiting the sick and witnessing to the lost. She continued to serve the Lord even in her illness. Alice enjoyed gardening, canning, sewing and handwork. She made many beautiful dollies and gave them away. She was always helping others. Alice was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, Henry Arthur Brown; Jewel Guy Brown; Ralph Henderson Brown, Orville Franklin Brown, and Clifford Stanley Brown; one sister Edith Mae Brand; her brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws Gertrude Rosella Hardin Brown, Hallie Gregory Brown, Leslie Brand, Kenneth Garrison Taylor, and Mary Alice Back. Those who remain to mourn her passing are her loving and devoted husband Rev. Carl Vernon Taylor of Stanton, Mo., brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws James Allen Taylor and wife Shirley of Ringgold, Georgia; John Lee Back of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; Karen Simmons and husband Gary of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; and Anna Mae Brown of Newburg, Mo.; nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and many friends, all who will fondly remember and sadly miss Alice Ruth Brown Taylor. Visitation was held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, February 22, 2002 at the Hutson Funeral Home in Steelville, Mo. Funeral service was held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 23, 2002 at the Hutson Funeral Chapel in Steelville, Mo. with Rev. Delmar B. Hutson, Rev. Harry Pryor, and Rev. Milo Haynes officiating. Paul and Spencer Hutson sang Won't It Be Wonderful There and What a Friend We Have in Jesus, accompanied by Valerie Hutson on the piano, and Paul Hutson sang Look For Me. Pallbearers were Ed Worley, Ken Brown, Bob Brown, Roger Brown, David Cornick, and Jim Cain. Burial was in the Brown Cemetery east of Steelville, Mo.