RICHLAND HILLS - Gloria Hodges Taylor passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018. Gloria was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Turkey, Texas to T.C. and Eula Mae Hodges. She grew up on a farm near Morton, Texas. Gloria graduated from Morton High School, received a B.S. degree from Texas Tech and a M.S. degree from Oklahoma A&M. Gloria met and married Percy W. Taylor at Oklahoma A&M on May 29, 1948. They made their home in Fort Worth. Gloria taught elementary school in Grapevine for two years and then 35 years in BISD, retiring in 1987. She was a charter member of Richland Hills Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by brothers, Thurman Hodges, Norman Hodges and John Hodges. She is survived by son, Mark Taylor; daughter-in-law, Pam Taylor; daughter, Sherry Leavitt; son-in-law, Robert Leavitt; grandsons, Bryan and Alan Taylor and Brenden Leavitt; granddaughter, Makenzie Leavitt; and sisters, Margaret Powell, Connie Calley, Helen Tinnin and Kaye Houston.