Avery (Boonie) Elkton Taylor, III
Chesterfield – Beloved Son, Brother & Light Big
Avery (Boonie) Elkton Taylor, III, of Chesterfield, Virginia, returned to his Father in heaven on July 31, 2021, in Petersburg, Virginia. He was born on January 8, 1997, to Shawanda Tatum and Avery Elkton Taylor, Junior in Petersburg, Virginia.
Avery attended center faculty in Wadleigh Center College in Harlem, New York, and graduated from Poughkeepsie Excessive College in upstate New York in 2014.
A delicate large, Boonie is liberal together with his kindness, generosity, and like to those that know him. Respectful and courteous to everybody who is available in contact with him, Boonie had a ardour for drawing and anime. A life reduce quick however lived with compassion and humility. A delicate large he was however a pure protector at coronary heart. He cherished laborious. He cherished his mom and sisters with the whole lot in him and had a particular bond together with his grandmothers. He by no means gained an argument and was all the time the primary to offer in. Boonie was a pure protector from the age of two, simply ask his Yah-Yah, she could not date. His right-hand, partner-in-crime child sister (his twin) got here alongside two years later. He by no means left her facet; she wasn’t solely his little sister however his greatest buddy. Boonie had a relationship with all his household and would assist anybody in want whereas asking nothing in return. An aspiring tattoo artist, Avery attended the Naturally Yours Magnificence and Barber College, the place he graduated with honors in his tattoo coursework. Avery leaves no youngsters; his household meant the entire world to him. We misplaced a mild large and heaven gained an angel.
Boonie shared his time with everybody and made certain he confirmed you the way a lot he cherished you. It was nothing for him to drop in on his Aunt Ashley or Aunt ReeRee or Cousin Mook. It was actually his method of checking in. His cousins, Lil Michael (Ayanna), Te’zuh, Dee will for certain miss their kickbacks and tattoo events.
Avery is predeceased by grandma Cynthia Taylor. He leaves behind to cherish his reminiscence his dad Avery Taylor Jr. (Jada), momma-love Shawanda Tatum (Marque), sisters Aveona Taylor, Marqueona Tatum and Jhavey Taylor, brother Ayden Taylor, stepbrother Marque Tatum, and stepsister Jake’a Woodley. He’s additionally survived by grandma Kathy Praillo, granddaddy Daryl Praillo, Papa Avery Taylor, Sr., nice grandmothers Elizabeth Covington and Dorothy Lewis, aunts Sharisa “Ree-Ree” Thomas (Mike), Tanisha Taylor and Ashley Taylor, uncle Javon Taylor, niece Harmoni “mama” Taylor, his very particular buddy Nialah Duckett and a bunch of different cousins and buddies.
The viewing will probably be held on Sunday, August eighth from 12-7 PM on the funeral house. The funeral service will observe on Monday, August ninth at 3 PM at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 418 Halifax St, Petersburg, Virginia. A repass will observe Monday, August ninth at 5 PM on the Elks Lodge, 1505 Excessive Avenue, Hopewell, Virginia.
Funeral companies have been entrusted to the skilled staff- Petersburg Chapel- Joseph M. Johnson & Son Funeral House, 530 S. Sycamore St., Petersburg, VA 23803. (804) 863-4411.
Revealed by The Progress-Index from Aug. 7 to Aug. 8, 2021.