Retired Pastor Raymond Taylor died on December 15, 2025. Join us in praying for his wife, Cindi, and their family. We share in their grief and in their hope of resurrection. Cindi shared the following obituary.
I regretfully share the news of the passing of my best friend and very dear husband of 51 years, Raymond Taylor. He was 73. Raymond was born in 1952 to Roscoe and Florene (first given name “Ethel” and maiden name “Tackett”) Taylor. Raymond was the eldest of five children. He grew up in the coal-mining area of Pike County, Kentucky, where he learned to play trumpet and excelled in his studies.
After graduating as valedictorian of Phelps High School Class of 1970, he was accepted to the Big Sandy campus of Ambassador College, where I met him and fell in love with him. We married on June 5, 1974, following our college graduation. We were sent out to serve the Worldwide Church of God and then Grace Communion International churches in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, West Virginia, and Delaware. Later in his work life, Raymond worked for Marketplace Ministries as a chaplain in the workplace and also as a chaplain for Delaware Hospice.
Raymond loved pastoring, giving sermons with much storytelling and good humor, referring to his congregations as “family.” We have two children, who periodically sang with us in church activity nights or for special music. We enjoyed hosting dinners with church members, going to musical shows, and camping, hiking, sightseeing and as a family in all the beautiful places we were blessed to be sent. Raymond never forgot his eastern Kentucky roots and delighted in Appalachian history, culture, and foods along with injecting self-deprecatory humor related to the regional stereotypes.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Randall. He is survived by me, his widow, Cynthia (Cindi) Taylor, along with our son Aaron Taylor (Christine), our daughter Amber Scott (Jon), brothers Roderick Taylor (Dorcas) and Russell Taylor (Sharon), sister Priscilla Linge (Bill), six grandchildren (Aiden, Penelope, Fiona, Gwendolyn, Lucy and Drew) and several nephews and nieces.
We are pleased he is no longer suffering and in heaven with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We have known and loved many people in all these places for many years. For those who wish to contact me, my address is:
Cynthia L. Taylor
206 Royal Grant Way
Dover, DE 19901
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