Betty Thomas Taylor

Betty Thomas Taylor, RN, FNP, 89, was escorted to her Heavenly Home through Gates of Splendor on March 6, 2026.

Betty loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and served him faithfully all the days of her life. She was a member of Mud Creek Baptist Church.

Betty was born May 10, 1936 to the late Horace Cleo and Jessie Burnette Thomas. She graduated from Emma High School in May, 1954 and one week later she entered the Memorial Mission School of Nursing where she graduated in May, 1957. In 1979 Betty enrolled in the MAHEC School of Medicine to earn her Family Nurse Practitioner degree. She was employed during her 34 years of medical practice at Memorial Mission Hospital and Skyland Medical Associates.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 69 years, Grady Daniel (Dan) Taylor; two loving daughters: Pamela Taylor Webb (Dean) and Beth Taylor-Robinson (TR); four cherished grandchildren: Jessica Mintz Murray (Robert), Kristen Mintz (Ricky Cobbler), Lauren Downer (Michael), and John Decker (Jacquelyn); and eight great-grandchildren whom she adored: Elizabeth (Ellie) Grace and Daniel Allan Murray, Cohen Grady and Brayden John Downer, Lincoln Michael and Addie Lee Decker, and Natalie Grace and Logan James Cobbler.

A graveside service will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at Ashelawn Garden of Memories with Missionary Pastor Robert Murray officiating. Family and friends will be received from 6 PM to 7:30 PM on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Betty’s name may be made to Four Seasons Hospice, 211 North Main St., Hendersonville, NC 28792.

Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family.