Harold George Taylor

Harold George Taylor, 87 of Laurel, MS died peacefully at home with his family at his side on March 31, 2015. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:00, April 4, 2015 at Memory Chapel Funeral Home followed by graveside services at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Harold was born on March 6, 1928 in Laurel, MS. He was raised and lived at the same homestead on Taylor Circle for most of his eighty-seven years. He attended Powers School and Ellisville High School and was a member of Red Hill Presbyterian Church of Sandersville. When he was eighteen he joined the Army Air Force and served two of his three years in occupied Japan and was given the World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Metal in Japan. After returning home he become a welder by trade and worked through the years for many companies including Tipp’s Tool Company (Laurel, MS), Glazier Steel Company (Knoxville, Tn), Reagan Tool Co. (Morgan City, La) , Bush Construction, C. A. Hurst and H. B. Reid Construction Company (Laurel, MS). In 1979 at age of fifty he founded Taylor Construction Company in Laurel MS. Taylor Construction is a family business with his wife Pat and sons Larry and Kyle Taylor. He had a great influence on many young men he took under his wing giving them a job and teaching them a good work ethic. Harold loved his family, riding his Kawasaki mule though the mud, fishing, raising cows, cooking ribs, collecting wagons and buggies and his grandchildren. He will be remembered as a hard working husband, a caring father, loving grandfather and a great friend to those lucky enough to know him. He was preceded in death by his parents, Kye and Mary Lee (Chancellor) Taylor, his brothers Clouis C. (Merle) Taylor, Kernell (Sadie) Taylor, and Kermit (Valco) Taylor, sisters Marie (Robert) Gunn, Maxine (Charles) Duke, and Berdie (Darrell) Jayroe. He is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Pasty Ruth (Hendry) Taylor; three children; Larry (Nancy) Taylor, Connie (John) Bush and, Kyle (Tinita) Taylor and grandchildren Chase Taylor, Cody Taylor and Taylor Bush; his sister Mary Gail (Jimmy) Patt. The Pallbearers will be grandchildren Chase Taylor, Cody Taylor, Taylor Bush, and nephews Ronnie Taylor, David Taylor, Dennis Duke and long time friends Jeff Reid and Jimmy Shedd. Honorary pallbearers will be Thomas R. Howell, D. Adrian Warren, Jack Flowers, Frank Taylor, Dan Taylor and Rut (Russell) Walker. Special thanks to the wonderful sitters that stayed with him these past few months and the loving care they gave him. In lieu of flowers donation can be made to the American Heart Association at http://donate.heart.org Visitation will be on April 3, 2015 from 5-8 pm at Memory Chapel Funeral Home. Memory Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. To view and sign the family guest book, visit www.memorychapellaurel.com.

Harold George Taylor

March 6, 1928 - March 31, 2015