Shirley Fay Burt Taylor, age 83, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2019, at Emory Decatur Hospital after a brief illness.  She was born in McComb, Mississippi, on December 7, 1935, the eldest daughter of Elwin and Melrose Burt of McComb, Mississippi. Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Samuel Taylor, and her sisters, Fanny Louise Burt and Priscilla Burt Ethridge. She married her husband on March 16, 1953, and enjoyed raising her three children in McComb, where she was an active member of First Baptist Church. She also enjoyed working at Gillis Drug Store before becoming a full-time stay at home mother. After her children were grown, she and her husband moved to Jackson, Mississippi, but spent much of their time traveling the country as part of his work with the Pipeliners Union 798. She was an avid card player who was always known to have "played her cards right" and often to have an "ace in the hole."  In 2002, she and her husband moved to Atlanta, Georgia to be closer to their daughter. There, she enjoyed being a part of the Red Hat Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution, but most of all, she cherished spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She was a true southern lady, a loving mother, and a friend to all she met.   Mrs. Taylor is survived by her brother, Harold Burt, and his wife Joan, of Jayess, Mississippi, as well as her three children: her son, Samuel Elwin Burt Taylor and his wife Patti Taylor of Fernandina Beach, Florida; her daughter, Shirlyn Taylor Englisby, her partner Teresa Tew, of Scottdale, Georgia; her son Steven Scott Taylor of Decatur, Georgia; her former son-in-law, Jack Englisby of Atlanta, Georgia; four grandchildren, Olivia Taylor Rowe and her husband Mark of Greenville, South Carolina; Samuel Elwin Burt Taylor, Jr., and his wife Alyssa of Columbus, Mississippi; Corri Lee Bentli and her husband Ty of Nashville, Tennessee; Katherine Ann Roy and her husband Andrew of San Diego, California; and eight great grandchildren, Ardsley, McAllister, Andrew, Clara, Radley, Sebastian, Aidan, and Kennedy. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm on Sunday, August 18, 2019, at Brown's Funeral Home, located at 150 South Broad St., Liberty, MS. Guests may visit the family at 1:00 pm at the funeral home prior to the service. A family graveside service will be held following the funeral service at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Centreville, MS. Arrangements are being handled by Brown Funeral Home.