Alcie Taylor, Sr. was born in Poplarville, Ms., to the late Al and Lillian Taylor on December 18, 1918. He was the baby boy of five children. He graduated from George Washington Carver High School in Poplarville, Ms.
Alcie met Catherine Battiest at an early age and they became the best of friends and fell in love. They were married on December 26, 1938 and out of this union they were blessed with 10 children. He accepted Christ at an early age and joined Mt. Zion Baptist Church and served as a Deacon under the leadership of the late E.D. Burns.
Alcie served in the U.S. Army as a Military Police. Out of the 72 years of married, the only time that they were apart was during his line of duty. He worked at Crown Zellaback where he was a box corrugator, where he retired after 20 years. He was part of the Deacons for Defense and Justice which was a part of the Civil Right Movement. He was one of the founding leaders and president of Club Desire, a non profit organization the catered to needy children. He was the president of the avenue U YMCA for several years and he was the oldest sustaining member of the Bogalusa Little League.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Catherine Taylor
; one daughter, Patricia Slocum, four sons, Alvin, Eugene, Derolodi and Gregory Taylor and one grandson Stanley Slocum.

He leaves to cherish his memories; one son Alcie Taylor Jr., four daughters, Mary Lillian (Siebert) Ross, Edna Earl (Harold) Butler, Mary Catherine, Angelica Taylor, a grandson and a grand daughter reared like a son and daughter, Darryl Darnell Taylor and Tonya Butler and a host of family and friends.
Visitation will be Friday, December 27, 2013 from 2-6p.m. at Cook-Richmond of Bogalusa. Funeral Service Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Cook-Richmond Chapel of Bogalusa 11 a.m. Rev. Darrell Self, Officiating. Interment Bogalusa Cemetery.