Ralph Newton Taylor Jr.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Collier-Butler Funeral Chapel for Ralph Newton Taylor Jr., 74, of Southside, who died Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Rev. Van Lockridge will officiate. Burial will be in Forrest Cemetery.Ralph was a graduate of Gadsden High School and Gadsden State Community College. He was a former Jaycee and was on the Board of Directors. He retired from Goodyear after 37 and a half years of service. He was a Master Sargent in the 310th U.S. Chemical Corp. He was an avid Auburn fan. War Eagle!He was preceded in death by his parents, Bertha Boman Taylor and Ralph Newton Taylor Sr.; son, John Charles Taylor; daughter, Christy Noelle Taylor; and father and mother-in-law, Chief Charles G. and Bobbie Lee Cary.He is survived by his wife of 49 years and 10 months, Charlotte Cary Taylor; sister-in-law, Barbara Cary Patty (Col. J.W. III); son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Tammy Taylor of Duck Springs; grandchildren, Jonathan Dylan Taylor, Jon Gavin Taylor, and Gunnar Wayne Goss; step-grandchildren, Katelyn (John Mark) McCurdy and Ethan Bolding; step-great-granddaughter, Ellie Grace McCurdy; bonus granddaughter, Scout Coker; nieces, Becky Patty (Karen Bishop), Beth Taylor, and J. Bradley Patty (Brittney); and several great-nephews, Austin and Brandon Taylor, Drew Michael Bishop-Patty, and Carson and Justin Patty; aunt and uncle, Gary and Joyce Boman. Pallbearers will be Randy Coker, J.D. Archer, Cleve Carpenter, Henry Culp, Matt Payne, Dan Ellison, Larry Ecthison, and Eddie Goolsby. Honorary pallbearers are Akin - Albright Sunday School Class, Barbara and Wayne Payne, Ruthie Wilson, Sonny (Page) Stowers, Buddy (Pam) Akin, friends and neighbors of Crestlake Drive, and Southside Senior Citizen Center; Dr. Larry Dye, Birmingham, Employees of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, also Goodyear Warehouse, J.D. Paving Co., and Gentiva Hospice. Special thanks to McGuffey Health Care, Gadsden Regional Medical Center and Tammy Payne Taylor. The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 6p.m. until 8 p.m.