Mellwood Taylor Obituary (1944

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mr. Mellwood Taylor Mr. Mellwood Taylor, age 70, of Lexington, Indiana entered this life on August 13, 1944 in Spencer County, Kentucky near Taylorsville. He was the loving son of the late, Dewey and Georgia Easler Taylor. Mellwood was inducted into the United States Army on April 5, 1963 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He rose to the rate of Specialist Four serving in the 82nd Airborne during the Vietnam War. Mellwood was honorably discharged on April 4, 1969 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina receiving the Parachute Badge, the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. He was raised in the Moorefield community and was a graduate of Vevay High School. On December 9, 1967 Mellwood was united in marriage to Margaret Ruth "Ruthie" Sides in Ripley County by W.T. Fleming. This union of forty seven years was blessed with one son, Mell and one daughter, Tona. Mellwood was a member of the Carpenter's Union and had worked as a general foreman with Marble Hill. The family moved to Marysville, Ohio and Mellwood worked for the Honda Plant as a carpenter. They resided there for fifteen years. Mellwood and Ruthie returned to Jefferson County and he enjoyed working with the Big Oaks Wildlife Reserve. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and woodworking. Mellwood died on Sunday, July 26, 2015, at 1:50 p.m. at the Water's of Clifty Falls in Madison, Indiana. Click Here for Funeral Service or Tribute Video A LOVING FAMILY Mellwood will be missed by his loving daughter, Tona Porter and her husband, Danny of Deputy, Indiana; his grandchildren, Danielle Bryant and her husband, Skyler of Westport, Indiana, Michael Walden of Deputy, Indiana, Clayton Taylor of Deputy, Indiana; his great grandchildren, Aiden & Serenity Bryant; his sisters, Jeanie Reynolds and her husband, Danny of Columbus, Indiana, Joyce LaHood of Cocoa, Florida; his sisters in law and brothers in laws, Laverne Taylor of Jeffersonville, Indiana, Dot Taylor of Moorefield, Indiana, Dave Rogers of Brooksburg, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dewey and Georgia Easler Taylor,his beloved wife of forty seven years, Margaret Ruth "Ruthie" Sides Taylor, died June 1, 2014; his son, Mell Lee Taylor, passed on May 19, 2005, his sisters, Mary Taylor (Claude); Francis Taylor (Herbert); Louise North (Gene); Marcine Gibbons (Lewis); and Faye Rodgers, his brothers, William Taylor (Mary Lee); Wesley Taylor; Johnny Taylor; and Wilbert Taylor (Sue). FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., by Rev. Jerry Begley at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MILITARY HONORS A final salute will be conducted on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre by Jefferson Post 9 of the American Legion with full military honors to follow at the graveside. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Mellwood Taylor Memorial Fund. Cards are available at the funeral home. Secure Payments To send a flower arrangement in memory of Mellwood Taylor, please click here to visit our sympathy store.