GEORGE “BILL” TAYLOR JR.

GOLDEN CITY- Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at Daniel Funeral Home in Lamar, for George “Bill” Taylor Jr., 74, Golden City, who died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, at his home, with family by his side. Burial will follow in Paradise Cemetery.

The family will receive friends prior to the service time, beginning at 10 a.m.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to the Golden City Fire Department, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his wife, Dixie; three sons, Bradley Taylor and wife Cassie, Greenfield, Jerry Jenkins, Jefferson City and Ryan Jenkins and wife Stephanie, Golden City; one daughter, Sharla Rogers and husband Donald, El Dorado Springs; 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his in-laws, Lyman and Betty Shaw; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirley VonStroh and husband Eldor and Sharon Disney and husband David.

Mr. Taylor was born Sept. 13, 1949, in Riverside, Calif., to George R. Taylor Sr. and Alberta (Hargrave) Taylor. He married Dixie Shaw on Sept. 23, 2000, in Joplin.

Mr. Taylor retired from MoDOT after 30 years. He worked 15 years for Barton County Commission and would run road graders for various townships. He loved music and even played at Silver Dollar City in Branson. He seemed to master every instrument that he picked up, but his favorite thing was being with family.