Curtis Taylor Obituary (1926 - 2017)

Curtis Taylor 90, of Decatur, IL passed away at 10:45 p.m., Tuesday May 9, 2017 in St. Marys Hospital Emergency Room. The family will receive friends for visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Tuesday May 16, 2017, at Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. A graveside service to celebrate Curtiss life will be held immediately following, at Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur with military honors provided by the Macon County Honor Guard. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com. Curtis was born May 12, 1926 in Decatur, IL the son of George and Willie Mae (Conner) Taylor. He married Betty Lou Mickey Slaughter and they had sixty-five years of marriage in that union. She preceded him in death on September 2, 2013. Curtis served in the US Army and was a World War II veteran. He retired from Wagner Casting Company. He was a former member of the VFW post. Surviving is his daughter: Brenda Lee (Taylor) Flinn of Decatur; son: Mitchell Dean Taylor of Decatur; brothers: Graham Stanley Taylor and his wife Patricia of Decatur and Clarence Taylor and his wife Hannah of Decatur; sister: Leanna Taylor of Decatur; grandchildren: Curtis Taylor and his wife Evangeline, Steven Flinn and his wife Tila, Marlon Bond, Kendra Taylor-Lewis and her husband Jonathan and Marquis Lowery. Also surviving are a host of great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Curtis was preceded in death by his wife, parents, two brothers, two sisters, a granddaughter and a great-great grandson.