Jess W. Taylor

Taylor, Jess W., age 76, of South Knoxville, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 6, 2002. Member of the Church of God. Retired in 1986 from Rohm and Haas. He loved to play the bass fiddle and the bass guitar. In the past, he played the bass guitar with the Chordsmen Quartet and the Ken Apple Family Singers. He was preceded in death by wife, Mable Taylor; parents, John and Daisy Taylor; sister, Palestine Jones. Daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Rev. Norman Stallings; sons and daughters-in-law, Harold and Lou Ann Taylor, Danny and Jenny Taylor; grandchildren: Marc Stallings, Chrystal Stallings, Ben Taylor, Tom Taylor, David Taylor, and Karen Taylor; great-grandchild, Hope Stallings; brother and sister-in-law, John Weldon and Pat Taylor; sister, Judy Blanche Wilson; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Berry Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Norman Stallings and Danny Taylor officiating. Family and friends will meet at Highland Memorial Cemetery Friday at 11:00 a.m. for interment services. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday at Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway.