Rosie Lee Thompson Taylor was born March 22, 1921 to the late Ludwic Doc and Pearl Burt. She departed this life on Friday, June 29, 2018.

She confessed Christ at an early age and joined Mt. Moriah Primative Baptist Church, and later united with the St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Florence, Alabama, where she remained until her death. She served as Senior Choir President, overseer of church kitchen, finance committee member and President of Florence Bible Band.

She was preceded in death by her father, Ludwic Doc Burt; mother, Pearl Burt; husband, John Henry Taylor; sister, Annie Lee Asher; daughter, Mary Magdalene Thompson; and son, Milton Earl Thompson, all of Florence, Alabama; stepdaughters, Jean Taylor, Sandra Taylor, Nina Sue Williams; and one stepson, Johnny Frank Taylor, all of Chicago, Illinois.

She leaves to cherish her memory: a daughter, Donna (Herman) Thompson; son, Leroy Thompson of Florence, Alabama; stepdaughters, Dorothy Jean Davis and Jessie Lynn Helms, both of Chicago, Illinois; grandchildren, Tamara (Damien) Littlejohn, Shonda (Darrell) Walter, Deshawn Leroy Thompson, Demarcus (Alisha) Thompson, Corey (Brinae) Thompson, Doc Lemon Thompson, and LaQuinta Thomas: eleven great-grandchildren; devoted nieces, Easter P. Asher and Shirley Rowlett, nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.