Phil W. Taylor, 70, of Clarksville died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Mattie (Park) and Harve J. Taylor Sr., 1950 graduate of Clarksville High School, and a 1954 graduate of The College of the Ozarks (now University of the Ozarks) with a degree in business administration.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served on the administrative board and as Sunday school superintendent, a member of the Clarksville Lions Club for 37 years and was the recipient of the "Lion of the Year" award and the Melvin Jones Fellowship award, the highest Lion award, and Belle Grove Lodge No. 410 of which he, along with other family members, donated land for the construction of the Ludwig Masonic building.
He entered the Armed Forces on Sept. 13, 1955, and received basic training at Camp Chaffee before going to Van Nuys, Calif. After discharge from the service, he returned to Clarksville and taught school at Coal Hill for seven years before entering the insurance business where he was owner-operator of Phil Taylor Insurance Agency for 43 years.
He served as president of the Johnson County Teachers Association, the Chamber of Commerce for one year, the Johnson County 4-H Foundation for seven years, the Johnson County Hospital Board from 1972-77 at which time the site was selected for the new facility, the Johnson County Library Board for ten years, the Clarksville School Board, the Johnson County Industrial Development Committee, was a volunteer coordinator of the Green Thumb program for 23 years, member of the University of the Ozarks Booster Club, and was the recipient of the Chamber of Commerce Pillar of Progress award in 1996.
He was elected to the Arkansas Valley Electric Board in 1963 where he served until May 2002, and the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Board in 1981, where he served as secretary-treasurer, vice chairman, and chairman and on the executive committee from 1988-90 and audit committee from 1999-2002.
He attended the first peach festival held at Ludwig and was selected to serve as marshall of the peach festival parade in 1999.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harve Taylor Jr. and Bob B. Taylor; one sister, Sue Nelle Farris; and three brothers-in-law, Edmond Farris, Dr. H. H. Kennon, and Howard Deeds.
Survivors include his widow, Joanne Willett Taylor; one son and daughter-in-law, Philip and Melody Taylor of Clarksville; two granddaughters, Tegan Taylor and Bethany Taylor, both of Clarksville; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Juanita Deeds of Fowler, Colo., Polly Kennon of Clarksville, Anna Jane and John Warren of Baton Rouge, La., and Mildred and J. H. Hall of Clarksville; one sister-in-law, May Taylor of Clarksville; five nieces, Mary Jane Stubbs of Shawnee Mission, Kan., Karen Gilley of College Station, Texas, Patty Sue Stiles of Bentonville, Marilyn Crumbley of Atlanta, Ga., and Mitzi Carol Link of Birmingham, Ala.; seven nephews, Robert Ed Farris of Lamar, Lynn Farris of North Little Rock, Tom Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and Harve Taylor III, Jackie Cline, John M. Hall and Bobby Taylor, all of Clarksville, and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the First United Methodist Church in Clarksville with Rev. Frank Clemmons officiating.
Burial was in Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services were by Belle Grove Lodge No. 410.
Active pallbearers were Harve Taylor III, Tom Taylor, Bobby Taylor, Robert Ed Farris, John M. Hall, Jackie Cline, Lynn Farris, Wesley Farris, and Michael Stiles.
Honorary pallbearers were the Methodist Men's Bible Class, Arkansas Valley Electric and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation board and employees, Clarksville Lions Club, Tom Doss, Leroy Douglas, Joe Hurst, Roy Holben, Walt Looper, Paul Blackard, Robert Ferguson, and Jon Newton.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church,P. O. Box 535, Clarksville, AR 72830, Johnson County Public Library, #2 Taylor Circle, Clarksville, AR 72830, or Clarksville Lions Club Eyeglasses Fund, P. O. Box 288, Clarksville, AR 72830.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Mattie (Park) and Harve J. Taylor Sr., 1950 graduate of Clarksville High School, and a 1954 graduate of The College of the Ozarks (now University of the Ozarks) with a degree in business administration.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served on the administrative board and as Sunday school superintendent, a member of the Clarksville Lions Club for 37 years and was the recipient of the "Lion of the Year" award and the Melvin Jones Fellowship award, the highest Lion award, and Belle Grove Lodge No. 410 of which he, along with other family members, donated land for the construction of the Ludwig Masonic building.
He entered the Armed Forces on Sept. 13, 1955, and received basic training at Camp Chaffee before going to Van Nuys, Calif. After discharge from the service, he returned to Clarksville and taught school at Coal Hill for seven years before entering the insurance business where he was owner-operator of Phil Taylor Insurance Agency for 43 years.
He served as president of the Johnson County Teachers Association, the Chamber of Commerce for one year, the Johnson County 4-H Foundation for seven years, the Johnson County Hospital Board from 1972-77 at which time the site was selected for the new facility, the Johnson County Library Board for ten years, the Clarksville School Board, the Johnson County Industrial Development Committee, was a volunteer coordinator of the Green Thumb program for 23 years, member of the University of the Ozarks Booster Club, and was the recipient of the Chamber of Commerce Pillar of Progress award in 1996.
He was elected to the Arkansas Valley Electric Board in 1963 where he served until May 2002, and the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Board in 1981, where he served as secretary-treasurer, vice chairman, and chairman and on the executive committee from 1988-90 and audit committee from 1999-2002.
He attended the first peach festival held at Ludwig and was selected to serve as marshall of the peach festival parade in 1999.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harve Taylor Jr. and Bob B. Taylor; one sister, Sue Nelle Farris; and three brothers-in-law, Edmond Farris, Dr. H. H. Kennon, and Howard Deeds.
Survivors include his widow, Joanne Willett Taylor; one son and daughter-in-law, Philip and Melody Taylor of Clarksville; two granddaughters, Tegan Taylor and Bethany Taylor, both of Clarksville; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Juanita Deeds of Fowler, Colo., Polly Kennon of Clarksville, Anna Jane and John Warren of Baton Rouge, La., and Mildred and J. H. Hall of Clarksville; one sister-in-law, May Taylor of Clarksville; five nieces, Mary Jane Stubbs of Shawnee Mission, Kan., Karen Gilley of College Station, Texas, Patty Sue Stiles of Bentonville, Marilyn Crumbley of Atlanta, Ga., and Mitzi Carol Link of Birmingham, Ala.; seven nephews, Robert Ed Farris of Lamar, Lynn Farris of North Little Rock, Tom Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and Harve Taylor III, Jackie Cline, John M. Hall and Bobby Taylor, all of Clarksville, and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the First United Methodist Church in Clarksville with Rev. Frank Clemmons officiating.
Burial was in Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services were by Belle Grove Lodge No. 410.
Active pallbearers were Harve Taylor III, Tom Taylor, Bobby Taylor, Robert Ed Farris, John M. Hall, Jackie Cline, Lynn Farris, Wesley Farris, and Michael Stiles.
Honorary pallbearers were the Methodist Men's Bible Class, Arkansas Valley Electric and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation board and employees, Clarksville Lions Club, Tom Doss, Leroy Douglas, Joe Hurst, Roy Holben, Walt Looper, Paul Blackard, Robert Ferguson, and Jon Newton.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church,P. O. Box 535, Clarksville, AR 72830, Johnson County Public Library, #2 Taylor Circle, Clarksville, AR 72830, or Clarksville Lions Club Eyeglasses Fund, P. O. Box 288, Clarksville, AR 72830.
Phil W. Taylor, 70, of Clarksville died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Mattie (Park) and Harve J. Taylor Sr., 1950 graduate of Clarksville High School, and a 1954 graduate of The College of the Ozarks (now University of the Ozarks) with a degree in business administration.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served on the administrative board and as Sunday school superintendent, a member of the Clarksville Lions Club for 37 years and was the recipient of the "Lion of the Year" award and the Melvin Jones Fellowship award, the highest Lion award, and Belle Grove Lodge No. 410 of which he, along with other family members, donated land for the construction of the Ludwig Masonic building.
He entered the Armed Forces on Sept. 13, 1955, and received basic training at Camp Chaffee before going to Van Nuys, Calif. After discharge from the service, he returned to Clarksville and taught school at Coal Hill for seven years before entering the insurance business where he was owner-operator of Phil Taylor Insurance Agency for 43 years.
He served as president of the Johnson County Teachers Association, the Chamber of Commerce for one year, the Johnson County 4-H Foundation for seven years, the Johnson County Hospital Board from 1972-77 at which time the site was selected for the new facility, the Johnson County Library Board for ten years, the Clarksville School Board, the Johnson County Industrial Development Committee, was a volunteer coordinator of the Green Thumb program for 23 years, member of the University of the Ozarks Booster Club, and was the recipient of the Chamber of Commerce Pillar of Progress award in 1996.
He was elected to the Arkansas Valley Electric Board in 1963 where he served until May 2002, and the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Board in 1981, where he served as secretary-treasurer, vice chairman, and chairman and on the executive committee from 1988-90 and audit committee from 1999-2002.
He attended the first peach festival held at Ludwig and was selected to serve as marshall of the peach festival parade in 1999.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harve Taylor Jr. and Bob B. Taylor; one sister, Sue Nelle Farris; and three brothers-in-law, Edmond Farris, Dr. H. H. Kennon, and Howard Deeds.
Survivors include his widow, Joanne Willett Taylor; one son and daughter-in-law, Philip and Melody Taylor of Clarksville; two granddaughters, Tegan Taylor and Bethany Taylor, both of Clarksville; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Juanita Deeds of Fowler, Colo., Polly Kennon of Clarksville, Anna Jane and John Warren of Baton Rouge, La., and Mildred and J. H. Hall of Clarksville; one sister-in-law, May Taylor of Clarksville; five nieces, Mary Jane Stubbs of Shawnee Mission, Kan., Karen Gilley of College Station, Texas, Patty Sue Stiles of Bentonville, Marilyn Crumbley of Atlanta, Ga., and Mitzi Carol Link of Birmingham, Ala.; seven nephews, Robert Ed Farris of Lamar, Lynn Farris of North Little Rock, Tom Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and Harve Taylor III, Jackie Cline, John M. Hall and Bobby Taylor, all of Clarksville, and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the First United Methodist Church in Clarksville with Rev. Frank Clemmons officiating.
Burial was in Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services were by Belle Grove Lodge No. 410.
Active pallbearers were Harve Taylor III, Tom Taylor, Bobby Taylor, Robert Ed Farris, John M. Hall, Jackie Cline, Lynn Farris, Wesley Farris, and Michael Stiles.
Honorary pallbearers were the Methodist Men's Bible Class, Arkansas Valley Electric and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation board and employees, Clarksville Lions Club, Tom Doss, Leroy Douglas, Joe Hurst, Roy Holben, Walt Looper, Paul Blackard, Robert Ferguson, and Jon Newton.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church,P. O. Box 535, Clarksville, AR 72830, Johnson County Public Library, #2 Taylor Circle, Clarksville, AR 72830, or Clarksville Lions Club Eyeglasses Fund, P. O. Box 288, Clarksville, AR 72830.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Mattie (Park) and Harve J. Taylor Sr., 1950 graduate of Clarksville High School, and a 1954 graduate of The College of the Ozarks (now University of the Ozarks) with a degree in business administration.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served on the administrative board and as Sunday school superintendent, a member of the Clarksville Lions Club for 37 years and was the recipient of the "Lion of the Year" award and the Melvin Jones Fellowship award, the highest Lion award, and Belle Grove Lodge No. 410 of which he, along with other family members, donated land for the construction of the Ludwig Masonic building.
He entered the Armed Forces on Sept. 13, 1955, and received basic training at Camp Chaffee before going to Van Nuys, Calif. After discharge from the service, he returned to Clarksville and taught school at Coal Hill for seven years before entering the insurance business where he was owner-operator of Phil Taylor Insurance Agency for 43 years.
He served as president of the Johnson County Teachers Association, the Chamber of Commerce for one year, the Johnson County 4-H Foundation for seven years, the Johnson County Hospital Board from 1972-77 at which time the site was selected for the new facility, the Johnson County Library Board for ten years, the Clarksville School Board, the Johnson County Industrial Development Committee, was a volunteer coordinator of the Green Thumb program for 23 years, member of the University of the Ozarks Booster Club, and was the recipient of the Chamber of Commerce Pillar of Progress award in 1996.
He was elected to the Arkansas Valley Electric Board in 1963 where he served until May 2002, and the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Board in 1981, where he served as secretary-treasurer, vice chairman, and chairman and on the executive committee from 1988-90 and audit committee from 1999-2002.
He attended the first peach festival held at Ludwig and was selected to serve as marshall of the peach festival parade in 1999.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harve Taylor Jr. and Bob B. Taylor; one sister, Sue Nelle Farris; and three brothers-in-law, Edmond Farris, Dr. H. H. Kennon, and Howard Deeds.
Survivors include his widow, Joanne Willett Taylor; one son and daughter-in-law, Philip and Melody Taylor of Clarksville; two granddaughters, Tegan Taylor and Bethany Taylor, both of Clarksville; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Juanita Deeds of Fowler, Colo., Polly Kennon of Clarksville, Anna Jane and John Warren of Baton Rouge, La., and Mildred and J. H. Hall of Clarksville; one sister-in-law, May Taylor of Clarksville; five nieces, Mary Jane Stubbs of Shawnee Mission, Kan., Karen Gilley of College Station, Texas, Patty Sue Stiles of Bentonville, Marilyn Crumbley of Atlanta, Ga., and Mitzi Carol Link of Birmingham, Ala.; seven nephews, Robert Ed Farris of Lamar, Lynn Farris of North Little Rock, Tom Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and Harve Taylor III, Jackie Cline, John M. Hall and Bobby Taylor, all of Clarksville, and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the First United Methodist Church in Clarksville with Rev. Frank Clemmons officiating.
Burial was in Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services were by Belle Grove Lodge No. 410.
Active pallbearers were Harve Taylor III, Tom Taylor, Bobby Taylor, Robert Ed Farris, John M. Hall, Jackie Cline, Lynn Farris, Wesley Farris, and Michael Stiles.
Honorary pallbearers were the Methodist Men's Bible Class, Arkansas Valley Electric and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation board and employees, Clarksville Lions Club, Tom Doss, Leroy Douglas, Joe Hurst, Roy Holben, Walt Looper, Paul Blackard, Robert Ferguson, and Jon Newton.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church,P. O. Box 535, Clarksville, AR 72830, Johnson County Public Library, #2 Taylor Circle, Clarksville, AR 72830, or Clarksville Lions Club Eyeglasses Fund, P. O. Box 288, Clarksville, AR 72830.
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