Thurston Taylor

Memorial services for Mr. Thurston Taylor. will be held Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Berean Christian Church, 1465 Highpoint Rd - Snellville, GA - 30078-2729. Services entrusted to Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home GWINNETT Chapel (770) 338-5558. Thurston Taylor, 84 of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2018. He was born June 8, 1934 in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of the late Harold E. Taylor and Helen Howard Taylor. Also preceding him in death was his late first wife, Florence Taylor and his brothers; Bernard, Donald, Joseph and William. He grew up in Asbury Park and Neptune, New Jersey and attended Monmouth County schools where he excelled in athletics. He loved the Lord and was baptized at First Baptist Church in Vaux Hall, New Jersey as a very young man and, many years later, for a second time at Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center in Edison, New Jersey. He later married Dorothy Hayes of Irvington, New Jersey on January 18, 2003 and moved to Lawrenceville, Georgia and made Berean Christian Church Gwinnett his church home. Thurston also served in the United States National Guard during the mid-fifties. In the late fifties Thurston began his career with Industrial Petroleum Chemicals as a truck driver until 1985. He then continued his career as a truck driver with Metro Chemicals which later became Pride Solvents & Chemicals. He was honored Driver of the Year and became the face of the Company until his retirement in December 2006. Thurston was a quiet man and a great listener. He was known for his tender, kind and generous spirit, his strong shoulder hugs (that could squeeze you to your core), his wide grin, his laughter and corny jokes. He was loved by everyone who knew him. A loving husband and father, he leaves behind his wife, Dorothy Taylor of Lawrenceville, GA, children, Donna (Paul Daniels) of The Colony, TX, Thurston, Taylor, II (Elsie) of Richmond, VA, Keith Taylor (Centrella) of Goose Creek, SC, Thom Hayes (Sharon) of Lawrenceville, GA, John Hayes of Lawrenceville, GA, Gregory Hayes (Charlene) of Allentown, PA, Leonard Hayes of Allentown, PA, Ismail Abdul Wahid (Ruby) of Irvington, NJ, Derrick Hayes(Yuko) of Marysville CA, Kenneth Hayes of Bethlehem, PA and Andrea Hayes of Hillside, NJ, his surviving brothers, Harold Taylor of Freehold, NJ, and Carl Taylor (Petra) of Neptune, NJ; 32 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren; life-long friends Marshall and Dorothy Parker and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. His Celebration of Life service will be held at Berean Christian Church Gwinnett, 1465 Highpoint Rd., Snellville, GA 30078 on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to Willow Ridge Home, 181 Main Street, Loganville, GA 30052.

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Thurston Taylor

June 8, 1934 - August 29, 2018