Alba Ellen Taylor

Alba (Abby) Ellen Scates Taylor, age 92, was born in Lexington,TN. on April 10, 1931 and passed away on Friday, May 5,2023 in Lexington. She married Charles Edward Florence on January 14,1949 and that marriage produced two children; Vicki Cheryl Florence in 1950 and Charles Michael Florence in 1951. She married Alford Franklin Taylor on June 4,1953 and that marriage produced two children; Lisa Ellen Taylor on July 4,1954 and Alford Lawrence Taylor on April 13,1956. Abby loved being on or around water her entire life and passed that love for water onto all her children, being, river, lakes, and especially the ocean. She loved the ocean enough that they packed up kids and moved us to West Hollywood, Florida in 1961. She had a clothing store in Lexington at one time called “Abby’s Of Course” and around 1969 she and Frank moved to Memphis and she managed a clothing store there. While in Memphis they lived on the water at Robco Lake. She and Frank had a business in Memphis called BD Binder Company and in 1982 they sold it and bought a trout fishing dock in Norfork,AR. Not long after buying the business they built a house on the river by the dock. They had a good clientele and loved living on the river and taking people fishing. She made a lot of shore lunches and catered a lot of float trips on the Norfork and White Rivers for trout fishermen. They loved being there and running the dock, it was a lot of hard work and seasonal but a good business. Once again Mom was on the water. Unfortunately Dad had a massive heart attack at the young age of 58 and not long after that she sold the dock and moved back to Lexington. She moved from Lexington to Perryville living in a boat house (on the water again) this time actually floating on the water. Even when surrounded by water during the spring floods she stayed out there alone and never worried or considered going anywhere else. She stayed there until she could not get around and up and down the ramp. She fought hard and was not very pleasant when she had to move but move she did back to Lexington where she started. Full circle….Home Again. Now she is smiling in Oceans of Heaven. Abby was preceded in death by her husbands; Frank Taylor Jr., Charles Florence, and Harold Whitman. She was also preceded by daughter; Lisa Taylor Powell, son; Al Taylor, grandchildren; Chris and Bethany Crownover. She is survived by a daughter; Vicki Florence Bruce of Lexington and special friend Dennis Washburn, a son; Mike Florence and wife Rosanne of Lonoke,AR. a son-in-law; Dan Powell, three grandchildren; Selena, Meleah, and Megan, and nine-great-grandchildren; Dylan, Riley Grace, Taylor, Bryce, Malory, Caroline, Charlotte, and Hayes. Graveside funeral services will be Monday, May 8 at 11AM at the Henderson County Memory Gardens. The family requests in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the Henderson County Homeless Coalition or the Frances Hensley Animal

Alba Ellen Taylor

April 10, 1931 - May 5, 2023