Jimmy Taylor

Jimmy Taylor

1940-2016

Services for Jimmy Ray Taylor were held Sept. 21, 2016, at Eubank Funeral Chapel in Canton with Bro. Randy Crudgington officiating.

Interment will be at Old Bethel Cemetery in Canton.

Mr. Taylor passed away Sept. 18, 2016, in Tyler

He was born Sept. 21, 1940, in Pauls Valley, Okla. to John Fletcher and Ruth Ozell Taylor.

He grew up and attended school in Pauls Valley, Okla. He joined the Air Force and served as a Military Policeman. He married on Nov. 22, 1961, and moved to Dallas where he was employed at Dallas Power and Light for 36 years.  He retired to Pray, Mont., for several years before moving to Canton in 2000.  He loved softball and played well into his 50’s even sometimes playing with broken bones. He also enjoyed genealogy, fishing and hunting.  He enjoyed watching the Texas Rangers and was a UT fan.  He loved his family and friends and there was nothing that he would not do for them.  He attended Oak Grove Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Terry Taylor of Canton, daughter and son-in-law, Carla and Randy Grimes of Athens, daughter and son-in-law, Misty and Joel Harris of Morton, Miss.,; son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Christi Taylor of Lake Dallas, daughter, Kristi Pepper of Athens; 13 grandchildren; 14 great- grandchildren and 8 brothers and sisters.

He was preceded in death by his parents and 15 brothers and sisters.