Audrey received her primary education through the Indianapolis Public School system, earning her diploma at Crispus Attucks High School. She furthered her education at Marian College.
Audrey was employed at RCA, Western Electric and Head Start, retiring from IPS. To many folks, Audrey was known as Andrey Boo or Miss Audrey. She loved traveling, attending plays, music, shopping, dancing, gardening, as well as teaching.
Audrey also loved hanging out with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and Birthday Girls, along with her family. She really loved being on the Crispus Attucks High School reunion committee, and loved cooking and sitting on her porch smoking her Kool cigarettes.
Audrey gave her life to God at an early age and was baptized at Mt. Horab, by Reverend Hicks, her grandfather. She also attended St. Bridgette, and Holy Angel Schools. She became a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church later in life.
Audrey married the love of her life, John T. Taylor on February 8th,1964, and from that union were two children, Dawn & Charlton Taylor.
Our beloved Audrey Lavern Taylor (Buford) departed this life on Friday, May 6th, 2022, at 76
years, one month, and 13 days. She is preceded in death by her sisters Charmain Mays, Karen
Ackers as well as Marcella Mays (mother), William Torrence (father), Stepfather Charles
Mays, grandmothers, grandfathers, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and a beloved step mother Dorothy Torrence.
She leaves to cherish her memory 58 years with her husband John T Taylor, a daughter Dawn Taylor, and son Charlton Taylor (Liza), four grandchildren, Marnita Taylor, Derik Taylor, Diamond Johnson, and Charlton Taylor Ill, 5 great grandchildren, 2 brothers Carl (Melinda), Calvin, 4 sisters Carol, Lee (Guilford),
Sherry (Jerome) and Monica (Ronald), a beloved stepmother Mary Torrence, her the Birthday Girls, and a
host of nieces and nephews family and friends.
SHARE OBITUARY
v.1.8.17