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Rowland Stuart Taylor, a 56-year-old white male, was a victim of homicide on February 3, 1978, in Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. Taylor was murdered by Velma Barfield, a notorious female serial killer known as the "Death Row Granny". Barfield, who had a history of poisoning her victims, was responsible for the deaths of six individuals, including Taylor.

Velma Barfield, born Margie Velma Bullard on October 29, 1932, in Eastover, North Carolina, had a troubled upbringing marked ...Read More
Victim Details

Rowland Stuart Taylor

Female

White / Caucasian

Lumberton

NC

1978-02-03

56

Rowland

Stuart Taylor

11/26/2025