Dr. Taylor

Dr. Lynne J.P. Taylor, 80, lifelong resident of Harper, TX died Thursday, May 22, 2003 at his residence.Dr. Taylor came from a long line of Ranchers and he loved the land. As a young boy and on his summer vacations from college he especially liked to ride and work with horses. He graduated from the Harper Schools and attended Southwest Texas State University, and did his Navy officer training at Harvard and MIT. He served in the US Navy Air Fleet Wing in WWII on or near the Aleutian Islands. After his Navy Service he attended Tulane University Medical School. He was a doctor at the Kerrville VA Hospital for 30 years. He was a 50 year Mason, and a member of the Texas Rangers Association. He enjoyed working on computers, photography, art, music, and reading. He was preceded in death by, his parents, his older sister who raised him from when he was 2 years old, Nola Taylor Coffey Dyer, and his sister Edna B. Taylor Duderstadt.He is survived by, a brother Rolan Taylor and his wife Ruth of Spring Valley, CA Nieces, Marilyn Dyer Lindig and her husband Jerome of Fredericksburg, Kathy Fritze and her husband Vernon of San Angelo, Delores Borchers and her husband Carl of Katy, TX, Celia Jean Hawkins and her husband Bob of Duram, NC Nephews, Worth Duderstadt and his wife Cherrie of Kerrville, and Jim Creed Taylor of Spring Valley, CA.And special relatives, Tom Whetstone, Rolston Coffey, Bill Peril, Joyce Whetstone Brown, Mary Ann Hart, and Mary Whetstone Dodd.Flowers are welcome however, memorials may be made to the Harper EMS Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 306 Harper, TX 78631, or donors favorite charity.

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