Nancy Jo Taylor, born May 26 1955, departed this world peacefully on the afternoon of September 16, 2016. Elvis played on the radio while she lay comfortably in the company of her husband, children and family. After a long and courageous battle with various health issues, Nancy was finally able to rest and let go of her earth bound burdens.

A memorial service will be held in her honor on Saturday October 1st, 2016 at the Onion Creek Senior Center in Buda, TX from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Nancy was born to Clarence and Corrine Randall, in Phoenix, Arizona and grew up in Lockhart, TX. She was a member of the dance team and graduated from Lockhart High School in 1973, she would go on to attend Concordia University and spend most of her career working in early education. She was married to her first husband Jack Taylor, and together they had two children, Jerrod and Sara. Her children were the light of her life and she was always the first to brag about their latest accomplishments, even well into their adulthood. After Jack’s passing, she connected with an old acquaintance Barry Beard, and in 2004 they were married in Las Vegas by “Elvis” himself! Through this marriage, Nancy gained three step children who adored her completely and were so happy that she was in their dad’s life.

Shortly after she and Barry were married, Nancy was diagnosed with a brain tumor; she went through the long and difficult process of radiation, but unfortunately the side effects would weigh on her health for years to come. She went up against a number of dangerous and life threatening illnesses over the next 12 years but never lost her positivity and grace. Despite the painful and crippling damage to her health, she always met you with a smile and a kind word. Nancy was an unbelievably strong woman filled with nothing but love and light. She was a doting wife, proud mother and beaming grandmother, always so happy to just be with her family and those she loved.

In her passing, she will be joyfully reunited with her father Clarence, sister Linda  and first husband Jack. And, will be dearly missed by those she leaves behind, who will carry their love for her forever: her husband Barry Beard; son, Jerrod Taylor (wife Lizzy); daughter, Sara Robinson (husband John); stepchildren; mother Corrine Randall; sister Diana Thomas (husband John); grandchildren, Ella, Ava, Sylas, Caleb, Holly and Audrey; and various nieces, nephews and extended family.