Earl A. Taylor, age 94, of Alliance, died at 2:55 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Roselawn Gardens.
He was born October 29, 1918, in Canton, Ohio, to Arthur and Mary (Hogal) Taylor.
Earl was a graduate of Fairmount Home School and retired from Alliance Public Schools.
He was a member of the Alliance Free Will Baptist Church and enjoyed woodworking and running his lawnmower repair shop.
Survivors include his wife, Donna (Beck) Taylor whom he married November 4, 1989; a stepdaughter, Donna Heath of Southfield, MI; stepson, Clarence Nelson of Mechanicstown, OH; five step-grandchildren and nine step-great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; former wife, Helen Taylor; daughters, Doris Palmer and Mary Higgins; son, Paul Sole and a sister, Lucile Taylor.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday March 18, 2013 at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home with Pastor Jimmy Holbrook of the Alliance Free Will Baptist Church officiating. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Sunday March 17, 2013. Interment will be at Highland Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Alliance Free Will Baptist Church, 731 Buckeye Ave., Alliance, OH 44601.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave., Alliance OH 44601.