Leroy Joseph Taylor, age 59 of Mize, MS passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 at University Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A native of New Orleans, LA he was the former owner of L&J Tree Service and a supervisor in the oil field.
Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Oglesby Taylor; his son, Mitchell Oglesby; parents, Selma R. and Betty Taylor; sisters, Elizabeth Taylor, Connie Taylor, Mae Newman, and Tammy Carpenter; brothers, Jimmie Taylor, John Taylor, and David Taylor; and niece, Jennifer Denise Mahaffey. He is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth “Beth” Taylor, and Shawnee Oglesby; a son, Logan Taylor; two brothers, S. Robert Taylor, and Jay Taylor; five sisters, Patricia “Cathy” Mahaffey (John), Janet Taylor, Betty (Chantz) Gaspard, K. Naomi Stutes, and Versie Lovely; a niece, Jamie Taylor; six nephews, Derek Mahaffey, Josh Mahaffey, Justin Mahaffey, Taylor Gaspard, Seth Gaspard, and Joseph Leger; and special friends, Walter and Barbara Cooper, Elwood Tyler, Charles Mizell, J.D. Meadows, Mike Vaughn, and Jimmie Dale Odom.
Funeral services will be at 2:00pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia where friends may visit from 12:00 until service time. Reverend Bill Miller will preside over services and interment will be at Pine Burr Baptist Church Cemetery.
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