El Lekia Taylor Obituary (1975

El Lekia Taylor was born July 6, 1975 to Bernadine Taylor -Johnson and Rowland J. Rainey. God called "Kia" home to be with him on September 12, 2017 at VCU Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Kia attended Lunenburg County public schools. Kia was a laborer and logger over the years before his illness. He was also known as one of the best Fishermen around. He was very loving and caring to everyone and loved helping people. Kia did all the things in his life that he wanted to do. Kia is preceded in death by his grandfather Sharpie E. Rainey; sister Christine Taylor-Blue; brother Timothy White; aunt Pauline White; uncle Lee Rainey. El Lekia Taylor leaves to cherish his wife, Angela Thomas-Taylor, his children, Ashanti Shakia Taylor, El L. Taylor, Jr., Makhiysa Jakia Taylor Makenze D. Taylor (Tootie Boo) and his step-daughter, Kaylanna K. Thomas, that been in his life since she was 4 years old. His father Rowland (Dot) Rainey; mother Bernadine Taylor-Johnson; one sister Patrice Johnson; two brothers Jeffery & Carnell Rainey; grandmothers Lucy Rainey and Melivina McKnight; mother-in-law Willie Mae Brown; two sisters-in-law Brenda Edlow Brydie & Lisa Brown; many aunts and uncles; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other family and friends. Funeral service: Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Cornerstone of Deliverance, 3416 Blackstone Road, Kenbridge, Virginia 23944; Bishop James E. Shelton, Pastor Interment: Rosebud Baptist Church Cemetery; 249 Giggs Road; Dundas, Virginia 23938