Dorothy Mae Taylor was born April 10, 1940 in Hallsville, Tx to the union of Walter and Mary Taylor. She attended Pleasant Hill School until the 5th grade when her disability would not allow her to continue. Sister Dorothy Taylor was baptized at an early age with Hebron Baptist Church.

Dorothy Mae Taylor was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Mary Taylor and one brother, Arthur Lee Taylor and 2 sisters, Berniece Bowens and Mayola Williams.  She leaves behind four nieces, Ruth Mayfield, Peggy Patterson, Doris Ann Taylor and Brenda Pierce Taylor and one nephew, J.T. Carraway and many great nieces and nephews.