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RUTH 11 WYLLYS, SAMUEL 10 , GEORGE 9 , RICHARDE 8 , AMBROSE 7 , WILLIAM 6 , RICHARD 5 , THOMAS 4 , RICHARD 3 ,
THOMAS 2 , RICHARD 1 ) 464 was born September 30, 1884 in Pendleton, South Carolina 465 , and died June 14, 1964 in
Greenville, South Carolina 465 . He married NADEENE HAYDEN February 16, 1926, daughter of THOMAS HAYDEN
and OLIVE DUKES. She was born September 10, 1903 in Charlotte, NC, and died April 25, 1977 in Greenville,
SC 466 .
Notes for WYLLYS HARD TAYLOR, SR:
Exhumed and reinterred with his spouse at direction of the four sons after Nadene Hayden Taylor's death on
4/25/1977. Was reinterred in Pendleton Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Pendleton in Pickens County. Source:
Granddaughter, Elizabeth Taylor Ramsey[judiemozey.FTW]
Exhumed and reinterred with his spouse at direction of the four sons after Nadene Hayden Taylor's death on
4/25/1977. Was reinterred in a cemetery at a Presbyterian Church in Pendleton in Pickens County. (Elizabeth
Hayden Taylor)
Wyllys H. Taylor, Former Head of Newnan, Dies at 79
Greenville, SC.
Wyllys Hard Taylor, Sr., 79, the former president of Newnan Cotton Mills, Newnan, Ga. And a well-known
private consultant to the textile industry, died here after several months of declining health.
During his presidency of Newnan (1938-1950) the firm was 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.
A native of Pendleton, S. C. area, Mr. Taylor was graduated from Clemson College in 1905 and was a civil
engineer in railroad construction and later in the Philippine Islands before joining J. E. Sirrine Co. here, in the
designing and construction of textile plants.
After World War I service in France as a Captain of combat engineers, he was superintendent of Republic Cotton
Mills, Great Falls, S. C. for 10 years and in 1928 became vice-president and general manager of Slater
Manufacturing Co. Slater, S. C. He held that post until 1937 when he served one year as vice-president of the
Appleton Co., Anderson, S. C.
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 was chief, Cotton Branch, Textile and Clothing Division, Business and Defense Services
Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce, and at various times was acting director of the division.
He retired Aug. 1, 1957, to become a textile consultant and returned to Greenville from Arlington, Va., in 1959.
Among other activities, Mr. Taylor held directorships in the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia,
Textile Education Foundation of Georgia, Cotton Textile Institute, American Cotton Textile Association, and
American Cotton Textile Institute.
Survivors include his widow; four sons; a brother John S. Taylor of Greenville, and a sister.
Services will be held today in Mackey Mortuary at 11 a.m. with interment in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery.
Notes:
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
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