TALLULAH — Earl Ray Taylor died Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at his home. He was 81.

Mr. Taylor was born in Franklin Parish and had lived in Madison Parish for most of his life. He was a retired farmer and a member of Willow Bayou Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Marie Taylor of Tallulah; four daughters, Linda Taylor Lisonbee, Brenda Remore and Betty Taylor Marsh, all of Tallulah, and Kathy Farnsworth of Logan, Utah; a brother, Jack Taylor of Tallulah; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Johnny Smith and John Kavanaugh officiating. Burial, directed by Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home, will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Robert Purvis, Quintin Purvis, Edgar Purvis, Gary Arneson, Larry Cox and Jimmy Lopez.

Honorary pallbearers are son-in-laws, Ronnie McClaine, Dr. L.P. Neumann and Patient’s Choice Hospice.