Mr. Jesse Albert Taylor, age 82, of Vidalia, Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at Meadows Health in Vidalia after a brief illness.
He was a native of Hardee County, Florida and was a 1957 graduate of Hardee High School in Wauchula, Florida. He was a 1974 graduate of Polk Vocational Technical School as an electrician, and worked as a truck driver for many years at Rawls Trucking Company. He lived in Wauchula until moving to Vidalia in 2016, attended Vidalia Church of God, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member and secretary of Experimental Airplane Association for twenty-five years, and integral volunteer leader in Lakeland, Florida Fly-In for many years. Though it was not completed, he started building his own experimental plane. He was a machinist and would even make his own machines when necessary.
Jesse is preceded in death by his parents, Odell Taylor, Sr. and Ethel Joiner Taylor; and sister, Jewell Mitchell.
Survivors include two children, Angela Taylor Beasley and husband Dwayne of Vidalia, and Michael Darian Taylor and wife JoAnn of Alston; two brothers, Odell Taylor, Jr. and Rick Taylor, both of Wauchula; four grandchildren, Asbel Beasley and wife Katie, Shyashton Cartrette and husband Shawn, all of Vidalia, Tracy Taylor (USN) of Pensacola, Florida, and Alexys Beasley of Vidalia; four great-grandchildren, Kamden and Micah Beasley, and Legacy and Jonathan Cartrette; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be held Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Wayne Merritt officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until just prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Meadows Cancer Center, 1 Meadows Parkway, Vidalia, GA 30474.
He was a native of Hardee County, Florida and was a 1957 graduate of Hardee High School in Wauchula, Florida. He was a 1974 graduate of Polk Vocational Technical School as an electrician, and worked as a truck driver for many years at Rawls Trucking Company. He lived in Wauchula until moving to Vidalia in 2016, attended Vidalia Church of God, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member and secretary of Experimental Airplane Association for twenty-five years, and integral volunteer leader in Lakeland, Florida Fly-In for many years. Though it was not completed, he started building his own experimental plane. He was a machinist and would even make his own machines when necessary.
Jesse is preceded in death by his parents, Odell Taylor, Sr. and Ethel Joiner Taylor; and sister, Jewell Mitchell.
Survivors include two children, Angela Taylor Beasley and husband Dwayne of Vidalia, and Michael Darian Taylor and wife JoAnn of Alston; two brothers, Odell Taylor, Jr. and Rick Taylor, both of Wauchula; four grandchildren, Asbel Beasley and wife Katie, Shyashton Cartrette and husband Shawn, all of Vidalia, Tracy Taylor (USN) of Pensacola, Florida, and Alexys Beasley of Vidalia; four great-grandchildren, Kamden and Micah Beasley, and Legacy and Jonathan Cartrette; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be held Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Wayne Merritt officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until just prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Meadows Cancer Center, 1 Meadows Parkway, Vidalia, GA 30474.
Mr. Jesse Albert Taylor, age 82, of Vidalia, Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at Meadows Health in Vidalia after a brief illness.
He was a native of Hardee County, Florida and was a 1957 graduate of Hardee High School in Wauchula, Florida. He was a 1974 graduate of Polk Vocational Technical School as an electrician, and worked as a truck driver for many years at Rawls Trucking Company. He lived in Wauchula until moving to Vidalia in 2016, attended Vidalia Church of God, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member and secretary of Experimental Airplane Association for twenty-five years, and integral volunteer leader in Lakeland, Florida Fly-In for many years. Though it was not completed, he started building his own experimental plane. He was a machinist and would even make his own machines when necessary.
Jesse is preceded in death by his parents, Odell Taylor, Sr. and Ethel Joiner Taylor; and sister, Jewell Mitchell.
Survivors include two children, Angela Taylor Beasley and husband Dwayne of Vidalia, and Michael Darian Taylor and wife JoAnn of Alston; two brothers, Odell Taylor, Jr. and Rick Taylor, both of Wauchula; four grandchildren, Asbel Beasley and wife Katie, Shyashton Cartrette and husband Shawn, all of Vidalia, Tracy Taylor (USN) of Pensacola, Florida, and Alexys Beasley of Vidalia; four great-grandchildren, Kamden and Micah Beasley, and Legacy and Jonathan Cartrette; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be held Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Wayne Merritt officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until just prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Meadows Cancer Center, 1 Meadows Parkway, Vidalia, GA 30474.
He was a native of Hardee County, Florida and was a 1957 graduate of Hardee High School in Wauchula, Florida. He was a 1974 graduate of Polk Vocational Technical School as an electrician, and worked as a truck driver for many years at Rawls Trucking Company. He lived in Wauchula until moving to Vidalia in 2016, attended Vidalia Church of God, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member and secretary of Experimental Airplane Association for twenty-five years, and integral volunteer leader in Lakeland, Florida Fly-In for many years. Though it was not completed, he started building his own experimental plane. He was a machinist and would even make his own machines when necessary.
Jesse is preceded in death by his parents, Odell Taylor, Sr. and Ethel Joiner Taylor; and sister, Jewell Mitchell.
Survivors include two children, Angela Taylor Beasley and husband Dwayne of Vidalia, and Michael Darian Taylor and wife JoAnn of Alston; two brothers, Odell Taylor, Jr. and Rick Taylor, both of Wauchula; four grandchildren, Asbel Beasley and wife Katie, Shyashton Cartrette and husband Shawn, all of Vidalia, Tracy Taylor (USN) of Pensacola, Florida, and Alexys Beasley of Vidalia; four great-grandchildren, Kamden and Micah Beasley, and Legacy and Jonathan Cartrette; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be held Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Wayne Merritt officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until just prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Meadows Cancer Center, 1 Meadows Parkway, Vidalia, GA 30474.
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