Patricia Faye (Oswald) Taylor

A Celebration of Life service for Patricia Oswald Taylor, 81, of Lexington, will be held at 11am on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Moseley Funeral & Cremation Service in West Columbia. Services will be officiated by Dr. Wayne Kannaday.  Interment will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm on Friday, June 19, 2015 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pawmetto Lifeline, 1275 Bower Pkwy., Columbia, SC 29212.

Mrs. Taylor passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at her home. She was a loving wife to the late Paul Ray Taylor. Born in West Columbia, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Tyre Lester Oswald and Rosa Belle Areheart Oswald Shealy Cook and also a step-daughter to James Hinkle Shealy. She was preceded in death by her brother, Drayton Russell Oswald; sister-in-law, Jean Aimar Oswald; half-brother, Joel Oswald and half sister-in-law, Katherine Oswald.

Surviving are her three daughters, Pauletta T. Parker, Patricia Raye Taylor, and Pamela Taylor-Wilson; half-brother, Robert M. Oswald; our extended family member and caregiver, Rutha M. Gaines; two brothers-in-law, Harold W. Taylor and Duman M. Taylor (Wauleska); and a number of nieces and nephews.

The family extends a special thanks to Palmetto Health Baptist staff on 3 ^rd and 8 ^th floors and Lutheran Hospice.