The Rev. Margaret H Taylor

Margaret (Maggie) Taylor, 74, died in Birmingham November 20, 2019 of pancreatic cancer. Born in Pasadena, CA in 1945, she was an Episcopalian most of her adult life. She graduated from Colorado College in 1967 with a degree in religion and went to Taiwan with her first husband in 1973. She returned to the United States in the early 80’s to earn her master’s degree in counseling from Fairfield University and returned to Taiwan in 1982. She worked as a multicultural counselor until returning to New York City in 1987 to attend General Seminary. She graduated from General Seminary and was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1990. After spending four years as a priest associate at Nativity Episcopal Church in Huntsville, she was invited to move to Hoover, AL where she founded Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in 1994 where, in 2003, she oversaw the construction of their $1.2 million building project. She retired from Holy Apostles in 2011 but remained active in several parishes until her death. Husband and Episcopal priest, The Rev. Charles Taylor, predeceased her in 2013. She is survived by a sister, Kathy Walton and brother-in-law Larry Walton from San Jose, California. The funeral will be held at Holy Apostles, 424 Emery Drive, Hoover at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society.