Virginia Beach - Wendy Matthews Taylor, 69, passed away June 14, 2018. She was born July 7, 1948 in Norfolk, VA to the late Murphy Neil Matthews, Jr. and Louise Ray Matthews. A graduate of ODU, Mrs. Taylor was a retired elementary school teacher with Norfolk Public Schools and later she taught at Bellamy Manor School. She was an active member of Community United Methodist Church, where she was a Children’s Sunday School teacher and would volunteer anywhere she was needed. Mrs. Taylor participated in the United Methodist Women and the John Wesley Sunday School class. She shared her talent in the Knitting Hearts group, where they made blankets for babies and prayer shawls.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 45 years, Kenneth Allen Taylor Jr.; son, Matthew Taylor and his wife Jocelyn; daughter, Erin Thorpe and her husband Dan; brother, Murphy Neil Matthews III and wife Melanie; and grandchildren, Carly, Lila, Sylvie, and Nolan Thorpe.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wed. June 20, 2018 at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wed. June 20, 2018 at Community UMC, 1072 Old Kempsville Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23464. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society or to Community UMC. You may offer condolences to the family at www.smithandwilliamskempsville.com.
