Aubrey Earl Taylor

Mr. Aubrey Earl Taylor, 93, of Yuma passed away Sunday, September 29, 2024, at his home.

 Funeral services will be on Saturday, October 5th, at 1:00 pm at Dilday-Carter Funeral Home with burial following at Roans Creek Church of Christ Cemetery.  Brother Wayne Pinckley, elder at Ashland City Church of Christ, will officiate the service.

The family will receive friends on Friday, October 4th, at Dilday-Carter Funeral Home from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm, and on Saturday, October 5th from 11 am until time of service.

Mr. Taylor was born June 28, 1931, to the late Freamon and Norine Pinkley Taylor on the farm on which he lived his whole life.

He attended Clarksburg School and graduated from Huntingdon High School in 1951.  On April 10, 1952, he married Sylvia Felts.  He was appointed Postmaster of the Yuma Post Office on April 17, 1959 and served until his retirement in 1998.

Mr. Taylor began playing the fiddle as a teenager and enjoyed music all his life.   He participated in several bands playing throughout the area. He was active with the Jackson Area Plectral Society for many years.  He taught himself to read music and served as the song director at Roans Creek Church of Christ for many years.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Sylvia Felts Taylor.  He is survived by two daughters, Karen (Marty) Steele of Yuma and Laurinda (Jack) Ingram of Germantown; and three grandchildren, Amanda Steele, John Ingram, and William Ingram. He is also survived by his sister, Orvaline (Hilliard) Mann of Trezevant.

Dilday-Carter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 731-986-8281.

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