Sheila Eloise Taylor

   POUND, VA- Sheila Eloise Taylor, 75, peacefully entered the arms of her Lord and Savior on Thursday September 17, 2026, from Holston Valley Medical Center- Kingsport, TN. She was surrounded by her loving family as they watched her reach her hands upward as there was someone there to meet her.

   Sheila was a Christian and a member of Millstone Missionary Baptist Church for nearly 50 years where she attended faithfully. She walked her own walk with God. She lived a life defined by her deep Christian faith, quiet grace and devotion to her family. Her life was a reflection of Proverbs 31:30 –“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Sheila loved to travel, she enjoyed going out to eat and having get togethers with her1970’s ladies and the Red Hats Society. Though our hearts grieve her absence, we take comfort in knowing that she is resting in eternal peace with Christ.

   Sheila was preceded in death by her loving husband, Donnie Lee Taylor; her parents, Auville and Lela (Mullins) Mullins; a brother, Timothy Mullins and her sister-in-law Sharon Mullins

    Survivors include her daughters, Wendi Tackett (Waylon) and Annessa Davidson (Sam) all of Pound, VA; a son Nathaniel Polly (Carla)-Jenkins, KY.; grandchildren, Mysti Skye Mullins, Dianna Brooklin Davis, Colton Davis, Michael Davidson, Ben Mullins, and Theodore Issaac “Theo” Davidson; a sister, Karon “Kaye” Boggs- Bristol, VA; a brother, Stevie Mullins- Woodbridge, VA; special nieces, Tara (Mullins) Kingand Katie Mullins; special nephews, Timothy Mullins, Aiden Mullins, Matthew Rasnick, Owen Mullins and Clay Rasnick; bonus sister and friend Libby Mullins; several other nieces, nephews and loved ones and friends that will truly miss her.

   An evening service will be conducted at 6:00 pm Saturday September 19, 2026, at the Millstone Missionary Baptist Church- Millstone, KY with Pastor Bill Craft, Reverend Jeff Hart and Reverend Chris Walker officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00pm until time of services.

   Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 pm Sunday September 20, 2026, in the Baker Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 12:30 till time of services.

   Burial will follow at Whitaker-Sexton Cemetery-Payne Gap, KY where Nathaniel Polly, Sam Davidson, Wayland Tackett, Ben Mullins, Louie Thacker, Timothy Mullins and Matthew Rasnic will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Davidson, Aidan Mullins and Colton Davis.

   The staff of Baker Funeral Home- Pound, VA are in charge of arrangements and extend our sincere sympathies to the family of Sheila Eloise Taylor.