SHADE TAYLOR

Shade E. Taylor, 80, 823 N. Missouri, died Friday, Sept. 19, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Dec. 24, 1916, at Williamsville, the son of Ezekiel L. and Sarah Elizabeth Lane Taylor.

On Sept. 21, 1942, he married Virginia Mae Bishop at Corvallis, Ore. She died in 1975.

He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and earned a Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars. He was a member of the VFW, American Legion, American Legion Booster Club, Eagles Lodge, Disabled American Veterans and American Postal Workers Union.

He owned Taylor Meat Co. and later worked at the Jackson Post Office from 1969 to 1987.

He is survived by two sons, Randy Taylor of Lee's Summit and Steve Taylor of Dallas, Texas; and a sister, Ruth Taylor of California.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, three brothers and four sisters.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. Funeral Service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Clayton Smith officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park.