Born April 2, 1918 in Berkeley County, she was the daughter of the late Theodore James and Martha Rebecca (Griffin) Riner.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Melvie B. Taylor; three brothers: Leroy, Edward, and Bernard Riner; four sisters: Bessie Price, Catherine Whittington, Lillie Keller, and Lottie Payne; one granddaughter, Mandy Ann Huffman; one great-grandson, Jody E. Dunn; and one great-great-grandson, Dakota Anderson.
She will be greatly missed by her two daughters: Louise Bowers and husband, Phillip, and Barbara Taylor; four granddaughters: Diana Bowers, Beverly Dunn, Melinda Huffman, and Tiffany Orr and husband, Christopher; nine great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received on Friday, May 31, 2019 from 9am until the time of the funeral service at 10am at Rosedale Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Rosedale Cemetery.