Virginia "Thelma" Taylor, 83, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2025 in the Dominion Senior Living of Bristol. She was born November 8, 1941 on Buck Mountain to the late Claude and Emma Brewer Timbs. She was a graduate of Elizabethton High School. Thelma was retired from the Johnson City Post Office as a Mail Carrier. She loved canning, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years: Louis Vaughn "Von" Taylor who died April 5, 2021 and by two brothers: Haskel Timbs and Brady Timbs and Five Sisters: Marie Thompson, ElWanda Pickering, Evelyn Helton, Anna  Bare and Janice Stanbery. She was a member of Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters: Suzanne (Eddie) Archer and Lisa (Pat) McGinnis. Two Grandchildren: Logan (Rylee) Archer and Lauryn Grace McGinnis. Great Grandchildren: Stetson Archer and baby Archer coming in August. Three Brothers: Houston (Betty) Timbs, Harold Timbs and Robert (Peggy) Timbs., Four Sisters: Dawn Grubbs, Retha (George) Williams, Jean Garrett, and Sue (Dave) Schmidt. Several nieces and nephews.
Graveside Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 23, 2025 in the Blevins Cemetery with Pastor Tyler Street and Pastor Nick Colbaugh. Music will be provided by Amy & Libby Ensor.  Active Pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the cemetery at 1:45 p.m. Sunday will be: Eddie Archer, Logan Archer, Pat McGinnis, Nicholas Gass, Robert Timbs, Dale Colbaugh, Randal Lewis and Tommy Verran. Honorary Pallbearers will be her church family, friends and neighbors. Friends may register their presence at the funeral home 12:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church % Mary Evelyn Buck, 136 Ed Davis Road, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643.  Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Condolences may be sent to the family at our web-site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Taylor family