Stillwater News Press
W.C. (Bill) Taylor, 90, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services, with Rev. Rodney James officiating, will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Stillwater. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements.
He was born in Maple Nov. 19, 1910, to Atha (Ross) and James A. Taylor. He grew up in Sallisaw where he married Reba Berniece Cheek. They had been married 69 years when she died in December 1999.
For several years, he owned a dry cleaning business in Sallisaw. He later moved to Stillwater where he worked as an electrician. During World War II he moved to Texas and worked on the battleships used in the war.
He returned to Stillwater and began working as an electrician for Oklahoma State University. Later, he became the building engineer at the then new Edmon Low Library. He operated the OSU football scoreboard until he retired.
He was a high school football, basketball and baseball official for many years. He also coached "Murphy Mites" little league baseball and basketball teams.
After he retired, he and his wife traveled and enjoyed the winters in south Texas and Arizona. In the summers,they spent time in New Mexico and Colorado. They loved to meet there with friends and family and loved trout fishing and hunting.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church and served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for many years. In his younger years, he sang with a Southern Gospel Quartet.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by his parents, stepmother, two brothers, four sisters, three step-brothers and one grandson, Brad Durham.
Survivors include three children, Shirley James and her husband Jerry, Lanna Carter and her husband Ken, all of Stillwater, and Jim Taylor and his wife Connie of Norman; six grandchildren, Rodney James and his wife Dana of Tulsa, Bryan James of Stillwater, Scott Durham and his wife Sonia of Boise, Ida., Kristin Baumann and her husband,Tom, Lindsey Taylor and Michael Taylor, all of Norman and five great-grandchildren.
W.C. (Bill) Taylor, 90, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services, with Rev. Rodney James officiating, will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Stillwater. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements.
He was born in Maple Nov. 19, 1910, to Atha (Ross) and James A. Taylor. He grew up in Sallisaw where he married Reba Berniece Cheek. They had been married 69 years when she died in December 1999.
For several years, he owned a dry cleaning business in Sallisaw. He later moved to Stillwater where he worked as an electrician. During World War II he moved to Texas and worked on the battleships used in the war.
He returned to Stillwater and began working as an electrician for Oklahoma State University. Later, he became the building engineer at the then new Edmon Low Library. He operated the OSU football scoreboard until he retired.
He was a high school football, basketball and baseball official for many years. He also coached "Murphy Mites" little league baseball and basketball teams.
After he retired, he and his wife traveled and enjoyed the winters in south Texas and Arizona. In the summers,they spent time in New Mexico and Colorado. They loved to meet there with friends and family and loved trout fishing and hunting.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church and served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for many years. In his younger years, he sang with a Southern Gospel Quartet.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by his parents, stepmother, two brothers, four sisters, three step-brothers and one grandson, Brad Durham.
Survivors include three children, Shirley James and her husband Jerry, Lanna Carter and her husband Ken, all of Stillwater, and Jim Taylor and his wife Connie of Norman; six grandchildren, Rodney James and his wife Dana of Tulsa, Bryan James of Stillwater, Scott Durham and his wife Sonia of Boise, Ida., Kristin Baumann and her husband,Tom, Lindsey Taylor and Michael Taylor, all of Norman and five great-grandchildren.
Stillwater News Press
W.C. (Bill) Taylor, 90, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services, with Rev. Rodney James officiating, will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Stillwater. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements.
He was born in Maple Nov. 19, 1910, to Atha (Ross) and James A. Taylor. He grew up in Sallisaw where he married Reba Berniece Cheek. They had been married 69 years when she died in December 1999.
For several years, he owned a dry cleaning business in Sallisaw. He later moved to Stillwater where he worked as an electrician. During World War II he moved to Texas and worked on the battleships used in the war.
He returned to Stillwater and began working as an electrician for Oklahoma State University. Later, he became the building engineer at the then new Edmon Low Library. He operated the OSU football scoreboard until he retired.
He was a high school football, basketball and baseball official for many years. He also coached "Murphy Mites" little league baseball and basketball teams.
After he retired, he and his wife traveled and enjoyed the winters in south Texas and Arizona. In the summers,they spent time in New Mexico and Colorado. They loved to meet there with friends and family and loved trout fishing and hunting.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church and served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for many years. In his younger years, he sang with a Southern Gospel Quartet.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by his parents, stepmother, two brothers, four sisters, three step-brothers and one grandson, Brad Durham.
Survivors include three children, Shirley James and her husband Jerry, Lanna Carter and her husband Ken, all of Stillwater, and Jim Taylor and his wife Connie of Norman; six grandchildren, Rodney James and his wife Dana of Tulsa, Bryan James of Stillwater, Scott Durham and his wife Sonia of Boise, Ida., Kristin Baumann and her husband,Tom, Lindsey Taylor and Michael Taylor, all of Norman and five great-grandchildren.
W.C. (Bill) Taylor, 90, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services, with Rev. Rodney James officiating, will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Stillwater. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements.
He was born in Maple Nov. 19, 1910, to Atha (Ross) and James A. Taylor. He grew up in Sallisaw where he married Reba Berniece Cheek. They had been married 69 years when she died in December 1999.
For several years, he owned a dry cleaning business in Sallisaw. He later moved to Stillwater where he worked as an electrician. During World War II he moved to Texas and worked on the battleships used in the war.
He returned to Stillwater and began working as an electrician for Oklahoma State University. Later, he became the building engineer at the then new Edmon Low Library. He operated the OSU football scoreboard until he retired.
He was a high school football, basketball and baseball official for many years. He also coached "Murphy Mites" little league baseball and basketball teams.
After he retired, he and his wife traveled and enjoyed the winters in south Texas and Arizona. In the summers,they spent time in New Mexico and Colorado. They loved to meet there with friends and family and loved trout fishing and hunting.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church and served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for many years. In his younger years, he sang with a Southern Gospel Quartet.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by his parents, stepmother, two brothers, four sisters, three step-brothers and one grandson, Brad Durham.
Survivors include three children, Shirley James and her husband Jerry, Lanna Carter and her husband Ken, all of Stillwater, and Jim Taylor and his wife Connie of Norman; six grandchildren, Rodney James and his wife Dana of Tulsa, Bryan James of Stillwater, Scott Durham and his wife Sonia of Boise, Ida., Kristin Baumann and her husband,Tom, Lindsey Taylor and Michael Taylor, all of Norman and five great-grandchildren.
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He was the grandson of Sarah (Cypert) and George Washington Taylor of Arkansas
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