John Elbert Taylor, 87, passed away at Texas Presbyterian Hospital Plano on April 2, 2021. John was born in Dallas, Texas on March 24, 1934 to Homer Lankford Taylor and Lucile Frances Cleary. He was the youngest of three children. John grew up in Dallas and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1952. He studied Architecture at the University of Texas Arlington and Houston University. In 1957, he started his Architecture design practice in Dallas. He continued working finishing a small project just days before he passed away. That was his true passion in life. The majority of his work was designing apartment buildings. What made John unique was his ability to design while his clients would sit at his drafting table. There he would design their preliminary plans that included the site plan, typical apartment units and a preliminary front elevation, making copies before the client left. He continued to work well after he had closed the doors to his office, working from home. He was preceded in death by his brother Homer L. Taylor, Jr., sister Norma Jean Anderson, son James E. Taylor., former wife Patricia Francis Stone, former wife Gail Marie Bohanon and latter wife Rosalie (Dolly) Emily Szeszol. He is survived by his son John E. Taylor, Jr. and wife Bo Wang with grandsons Tyler and Cooper from their mother Cindy S. Heisler; son Brad L. Taylor and wife Anja Taylor, grandson Blake and granddaughter Corrina from their mother Cynthia Taylor; his daughter Jill E. Taylor Norris and husband Warren Norris with grandsons Josh, Nathan and Wesley; and granddaughter Nica from James E. Taylor and Elisa Castillo Taylor. A graveside service will be held at Grove Hill Memorial Park on Tuesday, April 13th at 11:00 AM, located at 3920 Samuel Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75228. Flowers may be sent to Anderson-Clayton-Gonzalez Funeral Home located at 1111 Military Parkway, Mesquite, Texas 75149. They will deliver the flowers to the graveside service. Donations may be made, in lieu of flowers, to the Red Cross at https://www.redcross.org or to Action Against Hunger USA at https://www.actionagainsthunger.org
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