Orvil Clinton Taylor
November 19, 1923 ~ January 26, 2017 (age 93) 93 Years OldShare using:
Orvil Clinton Taylor, 93, of the Rodney Community, passed away at 11:47 a.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2017 in the Holzer Medical Center. Born November 19, 1923 in Clearcreek, West Virginia he was the son of the late George Elliott and Zella Stearns Taylor. He was a self-employed carpenter and was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Navy having served his county 26 months overseas. He was a member of Post #4464 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, life-time member of the American Legion Post #27 and the Kanauga Sportsman Club, He attended the Clearfork High School near Whitesville, West Virginia.
Surviving is his wife of nearly 70 years, Virginia A. Farley Taylor, whom he married April 11, 1947 in Dorothy, West Virginia, his daughter, Cheryl (Chuck) Vanco, of Rodney and son, Howard (Carol) Taylor, of Mineral Wells, West Virginia, grandchildren, Marc (Karen) Vanco, Beavercreek, Ohio, Bradley (Kelly) Taylor, Baltimore, Maryland and Christopher (Michelle) Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colorado, greatgrandchildren, Josie Vanco, Ethan Vanco, Zachary Vanco, Dalton Vanco and Alexa Taylor, granddaughter-in-law, Christy Vanco, Jackson, Ohio. Also surviving are two sisters, Janet Long, of West Virginia and Phyllis (Willis) Privett, of Michigan and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter in infancy, a grandson, Chad Vanco, sisters, Junie Mullins, Reva Lily, Ethel Stover and Nila Thompson and brothers, Willie Taylor, Carl Taylor, Quincy Taylor, Robert Taylor, Paul Taylor, Dallas Taylor and Jerry Taylor.
A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in the Cremeens-King Funeral Chapel. Officiating will be Pastor John Jackson. Inurnment will be in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call from Noon-1:00 P.M. Wednesday at the chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Orvil’s memory to the Shriners Children’s Hospital, C/O Gallipolis Shrine Club, P.O. Box 82, Gallipolis, OH 45631. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensking.com.
