- Date Of Birth: October 8, 1920
- Date Of Death: December 21, 2018
- State: Georgia
Gilbert Barron Taylor, 98, passed on to his eternal life with our Heavenly Father on December 21, 2018. He was born to Matthew Lorenzo and Annie Florence Taylor on October 8, 1920, in Newnan, Georgia. He graduated from Newnan High School and proudly served in the US Military in WWII. He married Ellajo Hyde on November 9, 1941 and they were blessed with two daughters; Joan Ellen and Emily Colleen. He retired from Brown Steel (Formerly R. D. Cole Manufacturing) as an Engineer. He and Ellajo were lifelong members of First Baptist Church of Newnan.
He is predeceased by his lovely wife of 58 years, Ellajo, his youngest daughter Colleen, and his sister Shirley Anne Taylor Jackson (Radford). Gilbert is survived by his daughter Joan Ellen Taylor Gladney (William), their daughter Denise Gladney Gant (Michael), daughter Lorri Gladney Dresbach (David) and their sons Dustin (Braden) and Dakota Dresbach and their granddaughters Areli and Danielle, their daughter Natalie Gladney Barczak (Joel) and their sons Judd and Clay Barczak. He is also survived by Colleen’s husband John T. Farmer, their son Rhett Farmer (Joyce) and their children Matthew and Sara Rhett Farmer, their daughter Joy Farmer Grese (Frank) and their children Frank and Colleen Grese, their son Judd Farmer (Erica) and their daughters Henley and Wren Farmer. In addition to his immediate family mentioned, there are many nieces, nephews and friends whom he loved dearly.
