Ray "Doc" Taylor, 92, US Army/WWII veteran, Austin, TX, 29 APR 2019

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  • February 5, 2009 at 12:34 pm #1542
    markwells
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    April 28, 2019 at 9:41 pm #5312
    markwells
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    Confirmed mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the funeral and interment services for Mr. Ray "Doc" Taylor. Mr Taylor served in the US Army, entering while actually only 17 yrs old and serving during WWII. He left the Army in 1948. Other details of his service are not available.

    More about his life can be read here: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=c-ray-taylor&pid=192721101

    Date/Time: Monday, 29 April 2019. Funeral service at 1 pm.

    Location: Pilgrim Rest Primitive Baptist Church, 3754 Bluestein Dr, Austin, TX 78721. We will stage at the church
    map link: https://goo.gl/maps/wwLArQCELgZGxTai9

    Timeline:
    11:50 – 12:20 pm – Staging
    12:20 pm – Briefing
    12:30 pm – Flag line

    Wx: High 86 deg. partly cloudy

    Notes: We will form a flag line prior to the start of the funeral service. Following the start of the funeral service we will stand by to join the LEO escorted procession to the nearby Evergreen Cemetery where we will form a second flag line for the interment service.

    Ride Captain: Mark Wells, atxpgr@gmail.com, 512-470-0380
    Flag Wrangler: Don Ferguson

    Please make an effort to honor the service of this US Army veteran to our country.

    April 29, 2019 at 10:18 pm #5317
    markwells
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    We had seven in the flag line today to honor Mr. Taylor. The construction on Hwy 183 made getting there a challenge, but we each figured it out eventually.

    Thank you Don for staking some flags in advance at both the church and cemetery.

    Three Travis County Constable vehicles provided safe passage from the church to the cemetery where we stood a second flag line for the brief grave side service.

    We learned that Mr. Taylor was the first employee hired by Mr. J. Dan Brown when he started Brown Distributing Company in 1962. He worked there 40 years and was the first to step forward when anyone needed a hand.

    Family and friends expressed their appreciation for our presence many times. RIP Mr. C. Ray "Doc" Taylor.

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