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J. E. Sirrine was merged and became CRS Sirrine in the 1980s and has since become Frasinelli Architecture.
This was run in the Daily News Record on June 16, 1964.
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W. H. Taylor Dies at 79
Wyllys Hard Taylor Sr. of 6 Tranquil Ave. died Sunday at Greenville General Hospital after several months of
declining health.
One of eight children of the late George Edwyn and Emma Hard Taylor, he was born on Sept. 30, 1884 at
Mountain View near Pendleton There he lived the early years of his life.
He graduated from Clemson in 1905. For the next several years he worked as a civil engineer supervising railroad
construction in the South, followed by four years of civil engineering in the Philippine Islands. In 1912, he took a
position with the J. E. Sirrine & Co. of Greenville designing and constructing textile plants.
During World War I he was appointed a Captain, U. S. Army, and served in France with the Combat Engineers,
81st Div. Following the war he was, for 10 years, superintendent of Republic Cotton Mills, Great Falls.
In 1928 he became vice president and general manager, Slater Manufacturing Company, Slater and remained until
1937, when he moved to Anderson as vice president of Appleton Company. After one year he accepted the
position of president of Newnan Cotton Mills, Newnan, Ga.
During the next 12 years this company, under the leadership of Mr. Taylor, credited with the development of the
method of spinning worsted and synthetic fibers on modified cotton machinery, now known as the American
System of Worsted Spinning. Also, in World War II, this company was awarded the Army-Navy E three times for
its contributions to the war effort.
In 1950, he joined the National Production Authority, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., and
served until 1953 as Chief, Cotton Branch, Textile Division. From 1953 to 1957, he served as Chief, Cotton
Branch, Textile and Clothing Division, Business and Defense Services Administration, U. S. Department of
Commerce, and at various times as acting director of that division.
He retired Aug. 1, 1957 and was engaged for several years as a private consultant in textiles. In 1959 he left
Arlington, Va and returned to Greenville after an absence of 21 years.
In addition to many other activities, Mr. Taylor has been officer and director of the Cotton Manufacturers
Association of Georgia, director of the Textile Education Foundation of Georgia; Cotton Textile Institute,
American Cotton Textile Association, and American Cotton Textile Institute; county chairman of the Civil
Defense of Coweta Co. Ga. During World War II, member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers;
Mayflower Society; Civil War Roundtable; the New York Southern Society; the Pendleton Farmers Society.
He was also active in various civic organizations, including the Rotary Club; American Legion; and the Masons.
He was for over 40 years an active participant in the Boy Scouts of America and helped organize scouting
activities in several localities. He served as district chairman and as president for the Flint River Council, BSA
Georgia. He was awarded the Silver Beaver award for his contribution to Scouting and he inspired his four sons
to become Eagle Scouts. He also served for many years an an Elder of the Presbyterian Church and was a member
of the John Knox Presbyterian Church at his death.
He is survived by his widow, four sons, four grandchildren, a brother John S. Taylor of Greenville, and a sister,
Mrs. J. M. Jenkins, Crowley, La.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11a.m. at Mackey Mortuary by Rev. George R. McMaster. Burial
will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers: John S. Taylor, Jr. Patrick H. Grayson, Jr. Earle M. Weaver, Ed. B. Hanahan, Peter Mallett, Rev. W.
Arrington, III, Aaron C. Groce, and Harold Jarvis.
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