ROCK HALL, Md. - May Elburn Taylor of Rock Hall, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, in Chester River Hospital Center, Chestertown. She was 95. Mrs. Taylor was born on Dec. 6, 1915, in Rock Hall, the daughter of the late Russell C. and Alice V. Benton Elburn. She attended Piney Neck School in Rock Hall, and started working at the age of 14 at Rock Hall Manufacturing Company (The Shirt Factory). Mrs. Taylor worked as a seamstress at the Shirt Factory for a period of 40 years, while raising her family. She married Wendell Holmes Taylor Sr. on July 23, 1942. Mrs. Taylor was a member of Grace Chapel Church in Piney Neck and the Rock Hall Senior Citizens. She enjoyed sewing and making crafts such as teddy bears and dolls. Mrs. Taylor was predeceased by her husband, Wendell Holmes Taylor Sr. in 1999; and two step-sons, Charles Taylor and Wilson Taylor. She is survived by a son, Vernon Elburn of Clayton, Del.; two daughters, Mary Lee Heinefield of Rock Hall, and Portia Gsell of Chestertown; two step-sons, Wendell "Shorty" Taylor Jr. of Sudlersville, and Lawrence Taylor of Tolchester; one brother, Walter Elburn of Rock Hall; five sisters, Peggy Morris of Riverview, Fla., Mildred Bland of Smyrna, Del., Margaret Parry of Rock Hall, Frances Coleman of Townsend, Del., and Dorothy Cannon of Chestertown; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, Chestertown, where relatives and friends may call one hour prior to the service (noon to 1 p.m.). Interment will be in Wesley Chapel Cemetery following the service. Arrangements by: Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home 130 Speer Road Chestertown, MD 21620. Online condolences may be made to the family at
www.fhnfuneralhome.com.