JASPER, Tenn. - Terry Taylor, 77, of Jasper died at his home Saturday, July 11, 2009.
The middle son of nine children born to the late Terry Lee and Grace Taylor, Terry was born and raised in Paducah, Kentucky. He married the former Glenda Sue Mullen and they moved their family from Paducah to Jasper in 1962. He served for three years with the National Guard, was a member of the Jasper First Baptist Church and retired from TVA at Widows Creek as a Senior Instrument Mechanic Foreman.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, William Hugh Taylor and Archie Lee Taylor, and sisters, Ruby Aline Taylor and Lura Brian.
He is survived by his wife, Glenda M. Taylor; sons and daughter-in-law, Terry Lee and Karen Taylor of Hardin, Ky., and Timothy Alan Taylor of Jasper; daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Kenneth Butts of Cadiz, Ky.; grandchildren, Michelle Knight and Cole Bybee, both of Cadiz, Timothy James Taylor of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Gena Tidwell and Krissi Owens, both of Murray, Ky., and Brittany Taylor of Jasper; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Alta Presson of Paducah, Luda Mae Johnson of Reidland, Ky., Anna Cox of Alexandria, Va., and Daisy McDaniel of Smithland, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 1 p.m. Interment will be at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Paducah.
Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.rogersfuneralhome.com.