Bertie Ellen Taylor was the youngest of four children born to Glenn Allen Taylor, Sr., and Renetta Jewel Turner Taylor on 8 March 1949 in Chamal, Tamaulipas, Mexico, at her parents' ranch, her father being a citrus farmer and stock raiser.  Glenn and Renetta's parents and Glenn's grandparents had immigrated to Mexico as part of the Blalock Mexico Colony, which was founded in 1903.  These colonists were Americans who were mostly from Texas and Oklahoma.  After leaving for about a decade during the worst of the 1910 Revolution to hit their area, Glenn and Renetta's parents returned to Chamal in the early 1920s to reclaim their landed property and to raise their families.  Glenn and Renetta were married there on 22 February 1934 and welcomed their children into their lives from 1938 to 1949.

Bertie Ellen Taylor loved being home and loved Chamal, and like her siblings, was home-schooled by her Mother, which stopped short of a high-school education.  When her brother Glenn Allen Taylor, Jr., began working at the then Coleman Gas Company in Coleman, Bertie left Chamal and moved in with Glenn, his wife, and their two young daughters and began her high-school career at Coleman High School.  She was a year or two younger than her classmates, but they accepted her and she enjoyed her time at Coleman and her friends.  Amazingly, one of her greatest challenges in high school were her classes in Castillian Spanish.  Bertie spoke Spanish fluently but quickly learned that spoken and proper written Spanish were distinct entities. 

After Bertie graduated in 1966, the Glenn Taylor Jr.'s moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Glenn went to work for what became Exxon Company, U.S.A., and Bertie went to Kingsville, Kleberg, Texas, to attend college at her brother's alma mater, Texas A&I University.  She missed home very much, however, and returned to Mexico before graduating.

Bertie married Charles William "Chuck" Rogers in Chamal in December 1969 and looked forward to a long and happy life with him.  They planned to build a house across the lane from her parents; Chuck worked with Glenn on the ranch.  These dreams were not to be.  Bertie began to have unexplained bouts of illness that led them to specialists in Corpus Christi and San Antonio.  No one could explain why she was sick.  Finally, Bertie was diagnosed as having Stage 4, Hodkin's Disease.  Chemotherapy treatments could not stop it's rampage.  She died 31 August 1977 in Corpus Christi at the age of 28.  Bertie was laid to rest in Seaside Memorial Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas.

She was survived by her husband, Chuck Rogers; her parents, Glenn and Renetta Taylor; her siblings Glenn Allen Taylor, Jr., Mary Joy Arndt, and Sylvia Jones; her in-laws Arlean Whitenton Taylor, Richard B. Arndt, and O. Delaine Jones; and nieces and nephews Allison, Kimberly, Glenda, and Glenn III Taylor; Deanna and Lynda Arndt; and Renee, Tammie, and Jonathan Jones; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Bertie loved the color yellow, board and card games, and spending time with her family.  She typically worked with her Mother to create special treats for soon-to-be-visiting nieces and nephews, and she was quick to think of games her nieces, especially because they were nontoddlers, could play indoors when it was too hot or too rainy to be outside.  From adolescence, Bertie wore hard contacts, and a frequent game she played with her nieces was "Stop! Don't move! I've lost my contact!"  At which point, all would look around the floor intently to find it.  She got a kick out of taking her nieces to the movies in nearby Ciudad Mante, where the films were in Spanish with English subtitles, something they had not yet experienced.  Bertie was a sweet and caring person who rarely lost her temper.  She hated being sick and greatly disliked that the chemotherapy treatments interrupted her enjoyment in spending time with her family. Her loss to that family was great.

After her death, her brother Glenn Allen Taylor, Jr., utilized Exxon Company, U.S.A.'s Matching Education Funds program to establish The Bertie Taylor Rogers Memorial Scholarship at Texas A&I University.  One of its recipients was Bertie's niece, Kimberly Jean Taylor, who with her sister Allison, graduated from Texas A&I in May 1984.

The above note was written by Bertie's niece Kimberly JT Herrick on 22 August 2004. Since Bertie died, her family has suffered additional losses and experienced wonderful additions.

Bertie's brother, Glenn Allen Taylor, Jr., died  3 March 1995 in Houston, TX, at the age of 56 of liver disease of unknown cause.  He was buried 7 March 1995 in Roselawn Memorial Cemetery, Humble, Harris County, Texas.  He had been married for 35 years and worked for Exxon Company, U.S.A., for nearly 30 years. 

Bertie's father, Glenn Allen Taylor, Sr., died 31 March 2004 at the age of 94 and was laid to rest next to his daughter Bertie in Seaside Memorial Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, on 2 April 2004.  He is survived by his wife Renetta, 91, of Katy, Texas; daughters and their spouses Joy and Richard Arndt and Sylvia and Delaine Jones of Katy, Texas; daughter-in-law Arlean W. Taylor of Kingwood, Texas; grandchildren and their spouses Allison and Steve Huffy, Glenda and Miguel Carlos, and Glenn Allen III and Shelley Taylor of Kingwood, Texas; Kimberly JT Herrick of Webster, Texas; Deanna Newsome and Jonathan Jones of Katy, Texas; Renee and Chris Jones and Tammie and Charles Smith of Tomball, Texas, and Lynda and Chris Clayton of Austin, Texas; and by 11 great-grandchildren.