Obituary for Rev. Harmon Taylor
Rev. Harmon Taylor, age 74, of Strunk, Kentucky passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019 in Corbin, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 1:00 pm at the East
Apple Tree United Baptist Church with Bro. Wayne Inman officiating. Burial was in the Corder Cemetery.
He was born March 6, 1945 in Honeybee, Kentucky to Harmon Taylor and Angeline Vanover Taylor. Harmon worked as a coal miner and later founded the Big South Fork Motor Lodge in Stearns. He was a charter member of the Stearns Heritage Foundation and was instrumental in bringing tourism to Stearns. He worked tirelessly securing grants for funding, overseeing the fireworks for the 4th of July every year and oversaw bringing a steam engine to Stearns. Harmon was ordained in 2008 and served as Pastor for Sandhill United Baptist Church for one year before becoming a member of the East Apple Tree United Baptist Church where he also served as Assistant Pastor. When he could find the time, he enjoyed fishing, camping, and hunting. He also enjoyed going to gospel singings and visiting other churches. But he felt the most important thing he could do was spend time with his family.
Preceding him in death were his parents, an infant brother, a half-brother, Ronnie Keith, sisters, Betty Gibson and Fannie Privett, and a half-sister, Donna Troxell.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys Taylor, whom he married October 23, 1961, a son, Harmon "J.R." Taylor and his wife, Siotha, of Stearns, two daughters, Karen Musgrove and Beverly Stephens, both of Pine Knot, five grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home was honored to serve the family of Rev. Harmon Taylor.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 1:00 pm at the East
Apple Tree United Baptist Church with Bro. Wayne Inman officiating. Burial was in the Corder Cemetery.
He was born March 6, 1945 in Honeybee, Kentucky to Harmon Taylor and Angeline Vanover Taylor. Harmon worked as a coal miner and later founded the Big South Fork Motor Lodge in Stearns. He was a charter member of the Stearns Heritage Foundation and was instrumental in bringing tourism to Stearns. He worked tirelessly securing grants for funding, overseeing the fireworks for the 4th of July every year and oversaw bringing a steam engine to Stearns. Harmon was ordained in 2008 and served as Pastor for Sandhill United Baptist Church for one year before becoming a member of the East Apple Tree United Baptist Church where he also served as Assistant Pastor. When he could find the time, he enjoyed fishing, camping, and hunting. He also enjoyed going to gospel singings and visiting other churches. But he felt the most important thing he could do was spend time with his family.
Preceding him in death were his parents, an infant brother, a half-brother, Ronnie Keith, sisters, Betty Gibson and Fannie Privett, and a half-sister, Donna Troxell.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys Taylor, whom he married October 23, 1961, a son, Harmon "J.R." Taylor and his wife, Siotha, of Stearns, two daughters, Karen Musgrove and Beverly Stephens, both of Pine Knot, five grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home was honored to serve the family of Rev. Harmon Taylor.