Kenneth Ray Taylor was born January 6, 1949 to Clyde Taylor, Sr. and Evelyn Carrington Taylor in Pittsburg, Texas. He and his family moved to Spencer when he was one year old. In in youth he was baptized and united with First Baptist Church, Hicks Addition in Spencer, OK. He attended Star Spencer High School and graduated with the class of 1966. He was an All-Sports Letterman for the Bobcats, and had a great passion for sports. Kenneth served in the Oklahoma Army National Guard from July 1975 to October 1978. On March 31, 1973, he married Janice Harper, to their union two daughters and one son was born. Preceding him in death was his father Clyde Sr., and brother Clyde Jr. Kenneth leaves to cherish his memory two daughters: Kenya Taylor (Atlanta, GA) and Terri Taylor (Dallas, TX); one son: Marlon Taylor (Midwest City, OK), two grandchildren: Kion Bragg and Jailyn Bragg (Atlanta, GA), his mother: Evelyn Taylor (Spencer, OK), one sister: Geraldine Taylor Winslett (William) (Oklahoma City), two brothers: Gregory Taylor and Richard Taylor (Spencer), three nieces, one nephew, two uncles: Roy Carrington (Bettye) Dallas, TX, and Willie Carrington (Bell), Pittsburg, TX, one aunt: Ebby McNeely (Longview, TX), sister-in-law Tina Taylor (Atlanta, TX), a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.