James Floyd Taylor

Great Falls Mr. James Floyd Taylor, 93, died Sunday, January 19, 2014, at his home.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Chase Catledge and Rev. Patrick Blackmon officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, January 21, at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Ave., Great Falls, SC. Mr. Taylor was born July 5, 1920 in Kershaw, SC and was a son of the late John J. Taylor and Leacy Haywood Taylor and the widower of Geneva Mangum Taylor.He attended the schools ofKershaw County, served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was retired from J.P. Stevens as a loom fixer.Mr. Taylor was a member of Trinity Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and also coordinated the tape ministry.He was an avid outdoorsman who loved fishing, hunting and gardening. He is survived by three daughters, Judy Davis and husband Wayne of Winnsboro,Karen Dixon and husband Bert of Great Falls , and Linda Young and husband Wylie of Blackstock; seven grandchildren, Tammy Cauthen, Jimmy Dixon, Bryan Young, Melissa Young, Michelle Young, Lisa Davis, and Michael Davis; eight great grandchildren; one brother, Earnest Taylor of Kershaw; three sisters, Katherine Taylor of Kershaw, Gussie Keziah of Great Falls, and Drucilla McManus of Lancaster; numerous nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Charles Campbell of Great Falls. Memorials may be made to Trinity Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 297, Great Falls, SC 29055. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.