Floyd M. Taylor

Floyd Millard Taylor, 91, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, passed from this life on June 2, 2015 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born January 18, 1924, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to Gladys Taylor and John Richard Tillison. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 69 years, Emma Lou Taylor, in December 2010. Floyd and Emma Lou were married in Choctaw, Oklahoma, on July 20, 1941, when he was seventeen years old. Soon after the wedding, the couple moved to San Francisco, California. There, he attended welding school and became an iron worker. Floyd later enlisted in the Army and trained as a paratrooper. In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, Floyd, as a member of the 101st Airborne Division, parachuted into Normandy, France, to secure positions at Utah Beach. From there, he and his division forced passage across the causeway into Carentan. Floyd received a Bronze Star for his valiant service in World War II. After the war, Floyd provided for his family by working first as a milkman, and then as a bread man, before becoming a life insurance salesman with Mid-Continent, and also Standard Life Insurance Company. Floyd spent the last two years living in the home of his granddaughter, Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson. He is survived by his son Floyd Taylor, Jr., and his daughter Suzanne Lynn Hudson. His grandchildren are Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson, LTJG Taylor Hudson, and Geri Calhoun. His four great-grandchildren include Emma Kate, Lily, and Harrison Henry, and Corey Calhoun.