Harrison Maurice Taylor, Jr

Harrison Maurice Taylor, Jr. (better known as Little Reese) was born on January 16, 1960 to Millicent Louise Sweeting (better known as Louise) and Harrison Maurice Taylor, Sr.(better known as Maurice) at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL. He was the 2nd child born of this union. Affectionately called, “Little Reese”, he attended Graves Elementary School in Summit, Argo where he completed grades one through eight and then attended Argo Community High School culminating with graduation in 1978. From an early age, Harrison Maurice Taylor, Jr. along with his two siblings, Scotia Lenoria Taylor and David Marcus Taylor were raised by two loving women, his mother, Louise, and his grandmother Daisy Pennese along with his step-grandfather Vito Pennese known as Uncle Vito). Little Reese accepted Christ at an early age and was raised in and attended Argo Temple Church Of God In Christ as a child into adulthood. Little Reese continued to live with his grandmother and other family members until he moved to Nassau Bahamas, in 1992 to live with his sister, Delores Sweeting known as “Pinky” for a short period of time before moving to moving to Miami to live with his mother, Louise before eventually moving and settling in Georgia with his sister, Scotia. Throughout Little Reese’s life along with his siblings Scotia and David, he made frequent trips to the Bahamas to spend time with his family. He tremendously enjoyed those trips and loved being with his family as well enjoying the beaches, the music, the food and experiencing many other elements of the Bahamian culture. Maurice never married or had children. He suffered the fate of battling addictions throughout his adult life which seemed, in part, a manifestation of his profound grief and mourning from the loss of his brother, David in 1982. Little Reese also recently experienced in January the loss of his brother Kevin Taylor which was another heartbreak that grieved him deeply. Despite his life challenges, Maurice was a gentle spirit with a big heart who deeply loved his family. He is survived by his sister, Scotia Lenoria Taylor, a devoted Brother in Love, Gene Sparrow, his Aunt Carrie Morrison, Aunt Vangie Sweeting, Uncle Cordell Sweeting, Aunt Sylvia Sweeting, Uncle Tony Sweeting, Aunt, Bishop Phyllis V. Pennese and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was profoundly loved, and he will be profoundly missed. Services entrusted to Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home, 4347 Flat Shoals Parkway, Decatur, GA 30034.

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Harrison Maurice Taylor, Jr

January 16, 1960 - March 24, 2025