Joclair Ellenberg Taylor wife of the late Reverend Houston David Taylor Sr. died July 16 2014 in Prosperity SC. A quintessential Christian mother and Southern lady she was born the 24th of October 1928 in Ninety Six SC to William Thomas and Annie Elizabeth Smith Ellenberg. A celebration of her life were held at Wightman United Methodist Church in Prosperity SC at 11:00 AM on Saturday July 19 with visitation did follow. A family interment was at 3:00 PM at Forest Lawn Cemetery Laurens SC. Joclair attended Emmanuel College where she met Houston who had just returned from service in World War II. They married November 7th 1947. She was a homemaker a seamstress a musician a piano teacher and loved all things artistic. Most of all she was a nurturing mother to her seven children twelve grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Taylor is survived by her children and their families: Glynda Caddell her son St. Clair Chip (Anna) Caddell and their children Olivia and Ethan; Kathryn (Aaron) Marshall and their son Jackson; Houston (Lynda Legere) Taylor Jr.; Susan (Reverend Dr. Jennings) Putnam their daughter Shay (David) Kemp and their children Joseph Miriam Benjamin Lydia and Elizabeth and their daughter Julie (Reverend Jarrett) McNeely and their children Alex Jonathan and Caroline; Reverend Stephen (Reverend Cynthia) Taylor their daughter Lauren (Daniel) Stines and daughter Kelsey Taylor; Thomas (Dr. Laura Wright) Taylor; Elizabeth Beth Taylor and her children Mason Blaire and Philip; and Ann (Merritt) Moseley and their children Joshua Sarah and William. She is further survived by two sisters Lois Price of Raleigh NC and Grace Ellenberg of Greenville NC. She was pre-deceased in addition to her husband and parents by a daughter-in-law Vera Lynn Ashford Taylor and a son-in-law Reverend Edward Nunnery Taylor Jr. Memorials may be made to the WARM Fund at Wightman UMC P O Box 376 Prosperity SC 29127. The family was at the home 203 North Main Street Prosperity SC. A family tribute can be read at http://randomconnections.com. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home of Newberry is assisting the family.