THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 25, 1994 TAG: 9409250010
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Abraham (Abe) John Taylor was born in Carter County, Tenn., on Jan. 29, 1920. He was one of identical triplets, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who gained much notoriety during World War II as the first triplets to join the U.S. Navy together. Signing up for the duration of the war, Chief Petty Officer Taylor was an Aviation Radioman aboard the U.S. Navy battleship Texas.
At the end of the war, Abe settled in the Tidewater area with his wife Margaret Luella Taylor (also of Carter County, TN) and became a Fire Chief at the Little Creek Amphibious Base. He ended his 32 years of government service as the Fire Chief at Craney Island Fuel Depot, Portsmouth, Va., to retire in Carolina Beach, N.C.
Abe Taylor was a Master of the Royal Secret of the 32nd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. He hailed from the Corinthian Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and Khedive Temple in Norfolk, Va. He was a long term member of Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club, Portsmouth, Va.
Abe is survived by three children, Don Taylor of Virginia Beach, Va., Johnnie Taylor of Fairfax, Va., and Jane Taylor of Charleston, S.C. He is also survived by a brother, Joy Taylor of Staunton, Va. and a sister, Bertie Taylor Shankle of Stoney Creek, TN. He had one grandchild, Alexandra Taylor who resides in Portsmouth, Va.
Abe Taylor died Sept. 22, 1994, as a result of complications that arose after surgery, in Fairfax, Va., where he resided with his son and daughter-in-law. The funeral arrangements are being handled by Tetrick Funeral Home in Elizabethton, Tenn. 615-542-2232. Abraham J. Taylor will be buried with full masonic and military honors on Monday, Sept. 26, 1994 at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Tenn.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB