anthony taylor is the oldest of the seven children of basil and rachel (roth) taylor; the five boys and two girls were born in a little over nine years. the taylor family moved to ponca city, okla., in 1960, where bishop taylor's father and two of his siblings and their families still live—the other four live in fort worth. his mother died on april 26, 2016. ponca city is on the arkansas river in northern oklahoma.