Edith "Marie" Taylor grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Gladstone and Taylor Allderice schools. She is a homemaker and has ten children that include five boys and five girls: James, William, Ronald, Donald, Victoria, Lydia, Richard, Lina, Georgetta and Laura. She came to First Baptist Church in 1994 and has assisted with making puppets and crafts for Vacation Bible School. In her spare time, she enjoys sewing, reading the Bible and visiting her children and grandchildren.