Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 2, 1993 TAG: 9310020289
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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For several decades, Master Tayloe Sergeant Eugene G. Tayloe, a disabled veteran himself, did just that.
Tayloe, 74, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salem after becoming ill at his home.
"He was a heck of a horse," said Harold Worrell, commander of VFW Post 1264. "He was always a worker and a volunteer. He was involved in every veterans' organization in the Roanoke Valley, and I know of no one around here who can match his hours of [volunteer] service."
Tayloe was a past commander of VFW Post 1264. He was also the founder, past president and commander of AMVETS Post 40 and department commander of the Virginia AMVETS. He was a past senior vice president for the State of Virginia Disabled American Veterans and served in many other veteran and civic organizations.
Tayloe, a lifelong Roanoker, was a recipient of the National AMVETS Leadership Award and the Governor's Award for Volunteers Excellence.
He lost two fingers and a thumb while trying to stop a runaway diesel engine headed toward a group of soldiers in Korea.
Tayloe is survived by his wife, Gladys, and three sons, Lanny, Gene and Jimmy. His funeral will be today at 10 a.m. in Oakey's South Chapel.
by CNB