Dr. Henry Wayne Taylor

Glover Funeral Home

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Posted by: Glover Funeral Home
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334-699-3888
Date: Feb 06 2018 3:03 PM

Dr. Henry Wayne Taylor, 74, a resident of Dothan, died Monday, February 5, 2018 at Extendicare Health Facility following a brief illness.

A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday, February 9, 2018 at Glover Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Troy West and Rev. Kevin Kelly speaking and Kendall Glover directing. The family will receive friends from 3:30 until 4:15 p.m. prior to the services.

In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to Wiregrass Humane Society, P O Box 1045, Dothan, AL 36302.

Dr. Taylor was born March 4, 1943 in Elba, Alabama where he lived the early years of his life. He was a 1961 graduate of Elba High School and later received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1967 from Auburn University. He also earned a PhD in Comparative Pathology at the University of Missouri in 1972. He became a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Pathology in 1975. Dr. Taylor was part of the inaugural faculty at the LSU College of Veterinary Medicine where he served as Professor of Pathology for almost 30 years. In 2005, he retired and moved to Dothan.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Eskar and Addie Lou Morgan Taylor.

Survivors include: wife of 50 years, Gail W. Taylor, Dothan; a son, LTC (U.S. Army) Brett Taylor, Germany; two sisters, Shirley Nelson, Dothan and Jennifer Napier, (Ken) Dothan; a grandson, William Taylor and his mother, Stacy Taylor, Frederick, MD; a  special aunt, Louise Moon, Dothan; a special cousin, Marion Morrow, Dothan; numerous friends and extended relatives and a special yorkie, “Crickett”.

Glover Funeral Home of Dothan has been entrusted with the arrangements.  (334) 699-3888.  Please sign the guestbook on line at www.gloverfuneral.com.

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