Rev. Reed Taylor Passes

Rev. G. Reed Taylor, 94 of Hickory Ct. Jefferson died Friday (Jan. 17th) at the Ashtabula County Medical Center. He was born June 6, 1919 in Clarksburg, West Virginia the son of Archie Campbell and Ava Alice (Bassford) Taylor. Rev. Taylor graduated from Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, WV and received his Masters Degree from West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. He was a school administrator for Buckeye Local Schools in Ashtabula and was an ordained American Baptist Minister serving the Minister-At-Large Program for many years. During World War II he was an Army Officer in Field Artillery, as an observer on land and air, serving in Europe, receiving the Air Medal, three Oak Leaf Clusters and other citations. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Ashtabula, Ohio. Of course, his life was not really ended by his death, only changed. He made the great step from faith into vision. He found a life far more beautiful than the eye of man has ever seen, more beautiful than the ear of man has ever heard and more beautiful than the mind of man has ever imagined.