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BEATTYVILLE - SSG(Ret) Donald Ray Taylor

Age: 50

Visitation: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and 9:00 a.m. Wednesday

Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 20 at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home, Radcliff, KY

Interment: Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central, Radcliff, KY

Donald Ray Taylor, 50, of Radcliff, KY, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, KY. SSG Taylor served twenty-two years in the U. S. Army before retiring. He served in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. December 12, 2009 he was nominated for the Order of the Spurs. He was preceded in death by his father, Leon Taylor; and two sisters, Edna Hurst and Flora Marie Taylor. He is survived by his wife, Julie Taylor of Radcliff; a son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Judie Taylor of Georgetown, KY; his mother, Patricia Pittman of Lexington, KY; three sisters, Linda Lane and her husband David of Lexington, KY, Lisa Petro of Corbin, KY Susie Warner and her husband Randy of Nicholasville, KY; two grandchildren, Jordan Rai Taylor and Donovan Christian Taylor; two nieces, Crystal Cook and Nina Warner; and two nephews, George Petro and Ryan Petro.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home, 2072 S. Dixie Blvd. Radcliff, KY with Dr. James Shaw officiating. Burial will be with military honors in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff, 2501 N. Dixie Blvd, Radcliff, KY.

Visitation will be on Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the funeral home.