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1937, when he moved to Anderson as vice president of Appleton Company. After one year he accepted the<br />
position of president of Newnan Cotton Mills, Newnan, Ga.<br />
During the next 12 years this company, under the leadership of Mr. Taylor, credited with the development of the<br />
method of spinning worsted and synthetic fibers on modified cotton machinery, now known as the American<br />
System of Worsted Spinning. Also, in World War II, this company was awarded the Army-Navy E three times for<br />
its contributions to the war effort.<br />
In 1950, he joined the National Production Authority, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., and<br />
served until 1953 as Chief, Cotton Branch, Textile Division. From 1953 to 1957, he served as Chief, Cotton<br />
Branch, Textile and Clothing Division, Business and Defense Services Administration, U. S. Department of<br />
Commerce, and at various times as acting director of that division.<br />
He retired Aug. 1, 1957 and was engaged for several years as a private consultant in textiles. In 1959 he left<br />
Arlington, Va and returned to Greenville after an absence of 21 years.<br />
In addition to many other activities, Mr. Taylor has been officer and director of the Cotton Manufacturers<br />
Association of Georgia, director of the Textile Education Foundation of Georgia; Cotton Textile Institute,<br />
American Cotton Textile Association, and American Cotton Textile Institute; county chairman of the Civil<br />
Defense of Coweta Co. Ga. During World War II, member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers;<br />
Mayflower Society; Civil War Roundtable; the New York Southern Society; the Pendleton Farmers Society.<br />
He was also active in various civic organizations, including the Rotary Club; American Legion; and the Masons.<br />
He was for over 40 years an active participant in the Boy Scouts of America and helped organize scouting<br />
activities in several localities. He served as district chairman and as president for the Flint River Council, BSA<br />
Georgia. He was awarded the Silver Beaver award for his contribution to Scouting and he inspired his four sons<br />
to become Eagle Scouts. He also served for many years an an Elder of the Presbyterian Church and was a member<br />
of the John Knox Presbyterian Church at his death.<br />
He is survived by his widow, four sons, four grandchildren, a brother John S. Taylor of Greenville, and a sister,<br />
Mrs. J. M. Jenkins, Crowley, La.<br />
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11a.m. at Mackey Mortuary by Rev. George R. McMaster. Burial<br />
will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park.<br />
Pallbearers: John S. Taylor, Jr. Patrick H. Grayson, Jr. Earle M. Weaver, Ed. B. Hanahan, Peter Mallett, Rev. W.<br />
Arrington, III, Aaron C. Groce, and Harold Jarvis.<br />
Honorary Pallbearers: Elders of John Knox Presbyterian Church and the Boy Scout Troop of the church with L.L.<br />
Stanley, Henry J. Winn, Ralph P. Alexander, George Cumbus, Lewis Walker, J. Furman Berry, Gus Smith,<br />
Morris Howell, Homer W. Dixon, Dr. John M. Fewell, and R. E. Stewart.<br />
The body is at the mortuary, the family is at the home.<br />
It is respectfully requested that memorials be sent to the Presbyterian Home at Summerville or Boy Scouts of<br />
America.<br />
Note:<br />
Army and Navy "E"<br />
The Army-Navy "E" award, also known as the Army-Navy Production Award, is given to government and private<br />
production plants that perform exceptional work for the war effort.<br />
This was run in the Greenville News or Piedmont (not sure which) on June 15th, 1964<br />
More About WYLLYS HARD TAYLOR, SR:<br />
Burial: June 16, 1964, Woodlawn Cemetery, Greenville, SC 473<br />
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