WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Homegoing services were held to honor longtime member Josephine Taylor-Allen on Saturday at historic Payne Chapel A.M.E Church in West Palm Beach, where the Rev. Odell Watson is pastor. The beloved mother, grandmother and retired educator with the Palm Beach County School District, was eulogized as “a committed and dedicated member of our family.” Taylor-Allen, mother of South Florida Times writer Daphne Taylor, passed Nov. 26 at age 81.

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