Obituary

Shelly Rene Taylor

October 24, 1977 - July 31, 2025

Shelly Rene Taylor, age 47 and a resident of Mount Hermon, passed away Thursday morning July 31, 2025 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born on October 24, 1977 and graduated from Provencal Christian Academy near Natchitoches, LA, where she made many wonderful friends. Shelly loved photography, taking countless pictures of the beautiful sky and outdoor scenes. She loved angels and butterfly pictures, statues and collectibles, even naming her beloved pet cat “Angel”. She was truly a caring and thoughtful person, often calling or messaging family, friends or even acquaintances, encouraging words of comfort during difficult times in their lives. Shelly never met a stranger and enjoyed visiting with all the different people that she met. She had a passion for the military servicemen and women she would see and always went up to thank them for their service to our great country. Shelly never went a day without talking to or visiting her parents and ended every conversation with “I Love You”. She had a special saying that she shared with her parents and others during tough times “Let it go, because God does it right”, a true statement her loved ones will hold on to forever as they wait to be with her again in Heaven.

Survived by: Parents: Wayne Taylor and Marilyn Lilly Taylor; Grandmother: Lovenia Duncan Taylor; Aunts and Uncles: Venie Lee Lilly Spears, Bobby Lynn and Sonya Lilly, Linda Darlene Lilly Garcia, Lori and Bub Zwygarts, Arlene and David Filmore, Kay Pierce, Robert and Jo Taylor, Sherry and Tom Sarver; Special Friends: Amy Wascom and her mother Lucy Wascom, Mama Nazy LaCour and family; Also numerous beloved cousins, their families and many dear friends

She was preceded in death by grandfathers Bill Lilly, Billy Taylor, grandmother Mary Taylor, uncles Roy Lilly, Billy Wayne Spears, Mike Taylor, Richard Taylor, cousin Richard Wayne Taylor, special friends Billy and Ann Stringer and other family members.

Visitation will be at Crain Funeral Home on Tuesday August 5th from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 2:00 pm Tuesday with Rev. Jerry Cox and Rev. Randall Garcia officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hermon Pentecostal Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers: Cole Taylor, Heath Spears, T-90 Johnson, Ronald Duncan, Benny Moak, Rainie LaCour, Catrise LaCour