Mr. James “Jimmy” Taylor, Jr., age 70, Limestone, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 at his residence.
Mr. Taylor was born in Washington County and son of the late James J. Taylor Sr. & Jessie Rutledge Taylor. He was also preceded in death by a son, Jonathan “JonBoy” Taylor, father-in-law, Raymond “Slick” Snead.
He was a member of Salem Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Taylor was a truck driver known by the “Red Hornet”. He enjoyed tractor-pulls, NASCAR “Ford Cars”, and he was the King of Smoke & International Tractors of Limestone.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Rebecca “Becky” Snead Taylor, Limestone; daughter, LeeAnn Taylor Greene (Anthony); two sons, Justin Taylor (Amy) and Matthew Taylor (Dawn); five grandchildren, Addison “Addie Grace” Taylor Greene, Justin “J.T.” Taylor, Landon Lane, Arien Lane and Audrey Lane; sister, Carolyn Taylor Lewis (Charles); mother-in-law, Lila Lee Snead “Granny”; sister-in-law, Patsy S. Denton (Joe) and a brother-in-law, Mike Snead; several nephews and nieces; and two special companions, Checkers and Honey.
Funeral services will be conducted 8:00 pm Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Jeremy Dykes officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm Saturday prior to the service.
Interment services will be conducted 1:00 pm Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Fairview Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jonathan Hartman, Daniel Menge, Jimmy Balding, Jerry Bitner, Zak Baskett and Cole Bitner. Honorary pallbearers will be men from Washington County Solid Waste, his Breakfast Buddies and employees at Johnny Market, RDM Trucking and Aiken Livestock.