Dr. Michael E. Taylor

TAYLOR
DR. MICHAEL E.
62 of Bridgewater, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2005 at the Beaver Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1942 in Bridgewater, Pa, the son of the late Haywood (Bud) and Grace H. (Jackson) Taylor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his only sister, Mary Ann McKinney in 2000. He attended public schools and graduated from Beaver High School in 1960. After graduation, he completed independent studies at Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Pa. and at the Prestigious Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, Canada. He earned a bachelor of Music degree from Duquesne University in 1973. He continued his studies at the University of Pittsburgh and earned a Masters of Arts Degree in 1980 and his doctorate degree in Ethnomusicology in 2002. Dr. Taylor has performed locally, across the United States and internationally with some of the giants of jazz. He was also an associate professor in the music department at both the University of Pittsburgh and the Penn State-Beaver Campus. Dr. Taylor is survived by his loving and devoted son Michael H. Taylor of Bridgewater, Pa., his step daughter Rickelle Southern and her husband Alvin and his ex-wife Bonnie B. Taylor all of Silver Spring, Md, nieces, Robin McKinney of Baltimore, Md, and Suzanne McKinney and nephew Matthew McKinney of Philadelphia, Pa., and numerous cousins and a host of relatives, friends and colleagues. Friends will be received in the GABAUER FUNERAL HOME, INC. at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park on Friday from 4-9 PM and until Saturday morning at 10:00 AM when a service will be held in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Wilma Jean Smith officiating. Interment to follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Daughtery Twp.
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