Margaret Aileen Wicker Taylor of Conroe, Texas passed away on May 3, 2020 at the age of 49. She was born September 3, 1970, to Ernest Eugene and Betty Margaret (Claassen) Wicker. Margaret and her three siblings grew up on a small farm near McKinney, Texas. She was educated at home and at various private Christian schools in the Dallas area. At age 15, she started at Collin County Community College and later transferred to Brigham Young University, where she met her husband David. Margaret married David Preston Taylor, III, on May 3, 1990, for time and eternity in the Dallas Texas Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Margaret worked as a computer programmer for several years. David and Margaret raised their nine children in McKinney until 1999, when they moved near Bonham, in rural Fannin County. In 2012, they moved to Santiago, Chile, where most of the family learned to speak Spanish fluently. They returned to Texas in 2016 and moved to Conroe in 2019, where David and Margaret recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.
Margaret home-schooled their nine children. She was an avid genealogist and in December 2019 was the top contributor to her branches of the family tree on FamilySearch.org. She loved gardening, sewing, cooking, and learning new things. She was devoted to her family and to the Lord.
Margaret is survived by her husband, David; children, Amelia Taylor, Brittany Taylor, Catherine House and husband, Clifford, Dara Taylor, Ernest Taylor, Fiona Taylor, Guinevere Taylor, Houston Taylor, and Iris Taylor; granddaughter, Olivia House; mother, Betty Wicker; siblings, William Wicker and wife, Brenda, Patricia Wicker, and Nathan Wicker and wife, Morgan; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other loving family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ernest; and a niece.
In support of our local, state, and federal government including CDC directives and to protect the physical health, safety, and well-being of our community, the following are Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home’s guidelines. Those invited to attend the Graveside Service may stand at a minimum distance of 20 feet from the tent and 6 feet apart from one another to comply with social distancing directives, or they may remain in their vehicles.
In accordance with current directives, a graveside service for family only will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 8, 2020, at Williams Cemetery, 2800 Williams Drive, McKinney, Texas, 75070.
Family and friends are invited to sign the online guest book and share memories and expressions of sympathy on Margaret’s obituary page at TJMfuneral.com.