Visitation:
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
7:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Greenbrier Chapel
1112 Kempsville Road
Chesapeake, VA 23320
Service:
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
11:00 AM
Graham Funeral Home
Greenbrier Chapel
1112 Kempsville Road
Chesapeake, VA 23320



























CHESAPEAKE—William J. “Bill” Taylor, Jr., 72, of the 1400 block of Hazel Avenue, went to be with the Lord on May 23, 2005. A native of Tunis, NC, he was the son of the late William James Taylor, Sr. and Edith Spivey Taylor. He was a member of Deep Creek Baptist Church and a former member of Indian River Baptist Church where he was a deacon, Sunday School teacher and bus driver. He had a servant’s heart and was willing to help in any way that he was needed. An Air Force veteran, he retired after 25 years as a truck driver with Colonial Stores. He was the owner of Taylor General Hauling, Inc. for 15 years.

Surviving are his beloved wife of almost 47 years, Merilyn Ann White Taylor; two daughters, Mary Anne Taylor Knox, and Edie Kernodle and her husband, Larry, all of Virginia Beach; two sons, William James “Billy” Taylor, III and his wife, Stacie of Ahoskie, NC, and Tom Taylor of Norfolk; two brothers, Alva “Dink” Taylor of Chesapeake and Carroll Taylor and his wife, Nancy of Tunis, NC; grandchildren, Danny Taylor of Ahoskie; Dalton and Lani Kernodle and Caroline and Charles Knox, all of Virginia Beach; and one great grandchild, Hailey Foster of Ahoskie, NC. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Travis Kernodle.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Graham Funeral Home, Greenbrier Chapel, 1112 Kempsville Road, Chesapeake with Rev. Larry Ryals officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. Please share a memory with the family at www.grahamfuneralhome.com.