Brenda Gayle Montgomery Taylor (baptismal name Elizabeth) was born January 6, 1949 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to parents Junior and Betty Montgomery. She reposed at home on August 24, 2022, in the presence of her son, daughter, brother, and husband. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Taylor; her son, Fr Deacon Aaron Taylor, his wife Allison/Brighid, and their children Elisabeth, Nicholas, and Benjamin; by her daughter, Andrea Taylor Corbishley, and her daughter Lydia; and by her brother, Bruce Montgomery. She is also survived by nieces, Sarah Montgomery, Sarah Taylor, Rebekah Taylor; by nephew, Erik Montgomery and his wife Kerri; and by brother-in-law, Phil Taylor and his wife Paula. The first four years of Brendas life were spent on a farm on the outskirts of Muskogee. Before starting first grade, her family (now with a younger brother Bruce added) moved to the small tract home she would live in the remainder of her growing up years. She attended grade school and junior high in Muskogee before graduating from Central High School Muskogee in 1967. That fall, she began attending Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, majoring in elementary education. She graduated with her bachelors degree in 1971. In the summer of 1970, she married Steve Taylor and began a shared life that took her to several states before ultimately returning to Oklahoma. While they lived in Pittsburg, KS for a year, she taught 5th-8th grade reading at a small rural school just across the state line in Liberal, Missouri. The next three years found them in Urbana, IL, and Brenda worked most of that time as a teachers aide assisting with reading skills in an elementary school. The next few years saw moves to New York, then to southern California, and then to Oklahoma City. During that stretch, her son and daughter were born within a thirteen-month span, the beginning of a period in which her focus was entirely on the home and family front. After the children reached school age, she returned to teaching, this time finding a position in a private Christian school. But another movethis time to northern Californiainterrupted her tenure there. She served a Christian school in Dublin, California, this time as a remedial reading instructor, for about two years. The Taylors final move was back to Oklahoma City in 1991. For the first time, Brenda chose to pursue a career outside of education. Over the next several years, she held various clerical positions at Sabolich Prosthetics in Oklahoma City. When that business was sold, she took a position as an office manager for a New York Life insurance agency. She retired from full-time work outside the home upon the death of the agency owner in 2012. During all of her work years, her heart focus and energies were on her husband, children, church friends, and extended family. She enjoyed travel, music, film, and television, but mostly, being in the company of those she loved. That love was especially evident in the final years of her life, during which time she experienced the loss of physical and mental capacities, but nonetheless remained the gentle, sweet, and fair wife, mother, and YiaYIa that she had always been. Glory to God for all things! . Memorial Service Bethany First Assembly of God Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:00 PM 4701 N. Rockwell Ave. Bethany, OK 73008