Yvonne A. Taylor, Advance Woman of Achievement and founding member of Sandy Ground Historical Society, dies at 88
By Jessica Jones-Gorman | jgorman@siadvance.com
Yvonne Taylor stands on the steps of Rossville AME Zion Church where she was wed in 1959. Taylor, a founding member of the Sandy Ground Historical Society, died on Nov. 21 at the age of 88. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Yvonne Ann Taylor, a seventh-generation descendent of Sandy Ground and founding member of its Historical Society, who was recognized as an Advance Woman of Achievement and honored by several national and local organizations for her community service, died on Monday, Nov. 21, at home surrounded by her family. She was 88.
Born Yvonne Ann Usry in the Sandy Ground section of Rossville, a descendant of one of the area’s original settlers, Taylor lived there until she married her husband Elmore in 1959. The couple, who met when they were both senior advisers to the Youth Council of the NAACP on Staten Island, were wed in the Rossville African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church, where Taylor remained a member until her death.



In this 1997 file photo, Yvonne Taylor, right, discusses a toppled headstone in Rossville Cemetery with borough historian Dick Dickenson and Julie Moody Lewis, president of the Sandy Ground Historical Society. (Staten Island Advance)






Taylor, left, poses with Gerald Connolly, Norma D’Arrigo and then-Borough President Tony Gaeta after receiving an award at Borough Hall in this undated file photo. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance



Taylor is seen in an Advance file photo from 1996. (Staten Island Advance)
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