Charles Shaw Taylor's Obituary
Charles Shaw Taylor died December 24, 2019. His graveside service is scheduled for Monday, December 30, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. at Memory Park Cemetery with Reverend Evan Dolive officiating. Interment will be under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview.
Mr. Taylor was born March 16, 1932, in Longview, the son of Bill Northcutt and Louise Shaw Taylor. He was the grandson of Charles Lee and Iba Northcutt Taylor and Dushee and Ida Rule Shaw. His great, great grandfather, Job Taylor, was a founding member of the First United Methodist Church in Longview and served as the first minister until a permanent minister could be found.
He graduated from Colombia High School in Colombia, Missouri, in 1950 and North Texas State University in 1958 with a B. S. degree. Before attending college he served for four years in the United States Air Force with the 443rd Bomb Squadron, a B-29 unit during the Korean Conflict. He earned the unit citations: the Korean National Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. He later served at March AFB in California and Brize-Norton AFB in Oxfordshire, England.
Mr. Taylor worked for ten years as a registered representative of the New York Stock Exchange. He was a real estate broker in Fort Worth, Texas, for over 30 years and a member of the Farm and Land Institute of the National Association of Realtors for 26 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Nancy Kennedy.
Survivors include his wife, Winnie Taylor; two sons: Charles Lee Taylor and his wife Donna Reinstedler of Ottawa, Ohio, and W. Mac Taylor and his wife, Susan of Prairie Village, Kansas; four grandchildren: Victoria Taylor of Oyster Bay, New York, and Alexander, Katherine, and Ella Taylor of Prairie Village, Kansas; sister, Gloria Wismar of Longview, nephews, Andrew Wismar of Longview, and Bill Wismar of Fairhope, Alabama, and nieces, Lani Pringle of San Mateo, California and Lee Kennedy of Boulder, Colorado.
Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation may do so to First Christian Church, Longview, or the Race Track Chaplaincy of America, 2365 Harrodsburg Road, Suite A-120, Lexington, Ky 40504.
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