Yo u Educate a N a tion." - African Pr o verb

Ros e M a rtha " N a n a " Taylor , a f f e ctionatel y known as " N y enew e" w as born on J une
30 , 1942 in B alt i more , Maryland ; daugh t er of the late Charles and Martha P arren -
Gray. She attended and received her early education in the Balt i more C i ty public
school system then went on to attend Morga n State University and So j ou r ner-
D ouglass C o l lege . After a lengthy illness , Rose departed on April 19, 2018 .

Rose became an act i ve L eader in polit i cs and communit y services a t a ve r y earl y age.
She started her p oliti c a l a cti v ism ca r e er with Senator Verda Welcome, who was the
f i rst African - American woman to be eLected to a state senate. Wo r king wi t h Senato r

We lc om e i nspir e d Ro s e to b e com e a lead e r i n her own communit y where she worked
to establish various programs . R ose establishe d suc h prog r ams as the Summer Wor k
& Lun c h Progr a m and culturaL fi e Ld t r ips i n the B a l t imore c o mmunity specificall y
the P ark H e ights and N or t h Avenue comm un i tie s. She also advocatedfor voter ' s
re g is tration kn o wing the im po rtanc e of ha v in g y our v o ic e b e heard . I n her role as a
communi t y activist she was selfless in want i ng to bring about change politically a n d
SOCia l l y that impa c ted everyone . ..... -

R ose held a s trong presence n ot o nl y in her community but wit h in her own f a mily as
well. S he was k no w n for h e r av id b e li e f i n cultural awarene ss c e lebrat i ng the holiday
Kwanzaa , which honors the seven p r inciples inst il led in African - American cultu r a l
t ra d it i ons . Ros e c o ntinuousl y str e ss e d the importanc e of African - Ameri c an heri t age
and i ts history. She believed in the analogy " I t take a vi l lage to raise a c h ild, " t hat
she not only exposed her c hildren t o th e cultural his t ory of A fri ca n- A m er i ca n s bu t
the community childre n as wel l. H er contribut i o n s to the commun i ty made he r a
beloved figure that w i ll fore v er be missed .

She was preceded in death by h er l a te husba n d , Ly n n Adai r T aylor; a n d s i ster ,
Car o lyn Gray . R o s e i s survived by her f our childr e n : daug h ter , Anntoniette K . G ray ,
son, R icardo 1. Gray , daugh t er, Zel l ine A . G r ay , & daughte r , Mar g a r i t a M Alvare z ;
brother , John Gra y ; t e n gr andchil dr en , Muntasi r , N athaniel , Yero, Car o l y n, Ansari,
Kenda y l , Christophe r , Najee , Xavi e r, Anas t asia ; five g r ea t- g r andchildre n ; a n d a
host of ni ece s , nephews, god c hi l d r en , cousins a n d many l o v edfamily and friends .