Published: October 07, 2009 10:38 am      

Tommy Harrison Taylor

Tommy Harrison Taylor of Pauls Valley, Okla., was born to Cecil Harrison and Eva (Davis) Taylor on May 22, 1939, in Wewoka, Okla., and passed from this life on Oct. 5, 2009, in Pauls Valley at the age of 70 years.

Tom grew up and attended school in Wewoka, graduating in 1957. He attended East Central University where he obtained his bachelor’s degree. He then obtained his master’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma.

On January 25, 1961, Tom married Patricia Ann Echols in Ada, Okla.

Mr. Taylor coached football before becoming principal at Pauls Valley High School and retired as the assistant superintendent in 1990. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Pauls Valley. In his spare time he enjoyed golfing, playing dominoes, mowing and picking up pecans. The highlights of his life were his wife, children and grandchildren.

Mr. Taylor is survived by his wife: Patricia Ann Taylor of the home; son: Tommy Craig Taylor and his wife Janie and their daughter, Kathryn of Mustang, Okla.; three daughters: Fawn Suzanne Riddle and her husband Billy and their daughters, Taylor and Maegan of Pauls Valley, Okla., Stephanie Ann Ballard and her husband Greg and their daughter, Kaci and son, Hunter of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Kristi Lynn Dobbins and her husband Michael and their daughter, Alayna and son, Benjamin of Pauls Valley, Okla.; and great-granddaughter Lexi Paige; sister: Janice Stout and her husband Tommy of Enid, Okla.; and brother: Danny Taylor and his wife Linda of Allen, Okla.

Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by his parents: Cecil and Eva Taylor.

Funeral services for Mr. Taylor are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at 10 a.m. in the Wooster Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tim Bowen officiating. Services are under the direction of Wooster Funeral Home.

The family requests memorials be made to the Pauls Valley High School Men’s Golf Alumni Association, P.O. Box 38, Pauls Valley, OK 73075. You may send a condolence to the family at www.woosterfuneralhomes.com.