The family will receive friends one hour prior to the memorial service from 11:00 am until 12:00 pm. Dewey Wayne was born in Greensboro on September 19, 1936 at Wesley Long Hospital to the late Dewey Spencer and Janice Ogburn Taylor. He graduated from Pleasant Garden High School in 1954 and attended Guilford College before joining the United States Air Force in 1955.
He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 until 1965. He was assigned to the 815th Recon Tech Squadron in support of the 55th and 90th Reconnaissance Wings of the Strategic Air Command prior to his overseas tour with the 8th Air Force in the United Kingdom. His last tour of duty was at Hunter Air Force Base, Savanah, Georgia where he was hospitalized and flown to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Dewey was discharged to the Veterans Hospital in Durham, NC in 1965.
Mr. Taylor worked for the Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital following his graduation from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He met his late wife, Carolyn Ponzer Taylor, at the hospital laboratory and they married in 1972. He retired as Director of the Laboratory Information System in 2001 after serving the Moses Cone Health Systems for thirty-two years. In addition to his parents and wife, he was also preceded in death by his brother, Terry Neal Taylor. Those left to cherish his memory include his sister-in-law, Jean C. Taylor; and his three nieces, Tracey N. Tidwell (Michael), Tammy N. Fleming (Keith), and Tara N. Taylor. The family asks in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC 27405. Online condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com.
