Ray Sherman TAYLOR
Page last updated 2 February 2026.
Birth: 23 April 1925 in Silesia, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death: 19 July 1942 in Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Burial: 22 July 1942 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot I-2
Footstone Text: SON / RAY SHERMAN TAYLOR / 1925 1942
Headstone Text: TAYLOR
Parents: Charles Herbert TAYLOR and Daisy Myrtle TAYLOR (m. THORNE)
Parents' Children:
- Clyde H. TAYLOR
- George Marvin TAYLOR
- Carl C. TAYLOR
- Ray Sherman TAYLOR
- Royce Wesley TAYLOR
- Gladys Jeannine DUGAN (m. TAYLOR)
Ray is the twin brother of Royce.
Employment: Funeral home records list Ray’s occupation as “Schoolboy”.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Ray is buried in Plot I-2. Also buried in this cemetery are: his parents -- Charles and Daisy; his brother -- Carl; his grandparents -- Charles and Theresa, George and Julia; his great grandmother -- Celestia.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33210570), FamilySearch website (#LRC3-4JM), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Documents Include: Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter survey; Evening Star -- obituary; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Murray Funeral Home Records, Stones and Bones; Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee.
Abbreviation Key:
m. = maiden name