Catherine Bent (Kitty) Taylor, 85, of Louisville, formerly of Central City, died Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Born November 29, 1935 in Louisville Kentucky, the daughter of Fannie Cotton Barnes and John Burnam Taylor, Sr. Dedicated at Highlands Baptist Church, she was Baptized at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, where she was active in the Youth Choir, the Baptist Student Union and Girls in Action.
She was educated in Louisville at Emmett Field Grade School, Alex C. Barret Junior High School and was a graduate of J. M. Atherton High School, class of 1953.
She was awarded a BA from Georgetown College in 1957 where she was a member of Alpha Chi Chapter of Sigma Kappa Sorority. She attended Kentucky Baptist Hospital School of Nursing until her marriage in 1959.
Kitty was a member of the Georgetown College Alumni Association, the Georgetown Women’s Association, and remained active with Sigma Kappa. She was a faithful member of Broadway Baptist Church and a devoted member of the Lydia Sunday School Class and their work with Dare To Care packing backpacks with food for schoolchildren when classes were not in session..
She was a member of the John Marshall Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter #120, United Daughters of the Confederacy, both of Louisville. Kitty served as Third Vice President of the Kentucky Division, UDC from 1979 to 1981.
During her twenty-five years raising a family in Central City, she was twice elected to terms as President of the Lioness Club and served in various offices in the Muhlenberg County Medical Auxiliary.
She was an enthusiastic member of the Aeolian Music Club (she sang Alto in 25 annual productions of the Messiah), the Women’s Missionary Union and Choir of First Baptist Church, and loved her membership in the Muhlenberg Community Theater, with her favorite role being the ghost of Fruma Sara in “Fiddler on the Roof”.
For many years she was Den Mother of Den 2, Pack No. 275 of Cub Scouts. In 1976, her Cubs planted 200 trees for the Bicentennial and she actively supported her sons and their fellow Scouts in Troop No. 96 of the Boy Scouts of America.
During her tenure as president of the Central City Band Boosters, she established a summer concert and ice cream supper, a tradition that continues at Muhlenberg County High School. Kitty canvassed each year for the Mother’s March of Dimes and volunteered for the local Red Cross Chapter during their blood drives.
She was a resident of the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville where she was active in the Mid Week Prayer Group, the Current Events and Book Clubs and worshipped at the Home’s Chapel of St. Luke on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Her younger brother, Major John Burnam Taylor, Jr. died in 2009. They were committed to the service of marking veterans graves at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery and Cave Hill Cemetery for Memorial and Veterans Days.
She is survived by her sons David Stanton Brashear of Drakesboro; Thomas Wootton Brashear and wife Peggy (Hamilton) Louisville; wife and James Taylor Brashear and wife Gay (Kanai) of Lexington; granddaughters Taylor Renee’ (Brashear) and husband Luke Newman of Louisville; Kristen Nicole Brashear of Louisville, Madeleine (Kanai) and husband Tora Unuvar of Chester, N.J. and Grandson Jacob Pennebaker Brashear, Portland, Ore.; great grandson August Unuvar, Chester, NJ.
Burial will be in the Taylor plot at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. A Memorial Service will be held in the Chapel of Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville at a future date.
In lieu of flowers or other forms of sympathy, you are asked to consider a charitable donation to Dare to Care, or Alzheimer Research.
You may contact David by mail at 111 North John Prine Avenue, Drakesboro, KY 42337 or by Email: dasbrashear @gmail.com.
