- Date Of Birth: November 12, 1928
- Date Of Death: July 6, 2007
- State: Indiana
John William Taylor, 78, of 19884 N. Leonard Court died at 7:59 a.m. Friday (July 6, 2007) at home after a brief illness.
He was born Nov. 12, 1928, in Corinth, Miss., to William E. Taylor and Lola May Palmer. He married Mary Frances Bivens on Sept. 19, 1954, in Corinth.
She survives, along with two daughters, Pamela S. Taylor-Futrell of Edwardsburg and Lisa A. (Vincent) Sharpe of Meadview, Ariz.; four brothers, Billy (Violet) Taylor of Corinth, Larry (Mindy) Taylor of Memphis, Tenn., Bobby (Mildred) Taylor of Onsett, Mass., and Roy (Dorothy) Taylor of Oneida, Ky.; four granddaughters; five great-grandsons; a great-granddaughter; and a stepgreat-grandson.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Duward and Jimmie Taylor; and three sisters, Mary Ellen Hooper, Dorothy McVay and Louise Smith.
Mr. Taylor was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was an employee of Federal Paperboard for more than 32 years until it closed in the early 1990’s.
He was a Green Bay Packers and University of Michigan football fan who loved to make large batches of popcorn to share with his grandchildren when a game was on TV. He also loved old Westerns, tending to his vegetable garden, helping others and spending time with his family.
