Mr. Leland E. Taylor | Eastern NC Now

   Mr. Leland E. Taylor, 83, of Greenville, died Monday, February 18, 2013.

    A graveside service will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Pinewood Memorial Park by the Rev. Terry Mosley.

   Mr. Taylor was a native of Beaufort County, but lived most of his life in Greenville. He worked for FCX for 25 years and Blount Petroleum for 10 years as a petroleum salesman.

   He was a charter member of Temple Free Will Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and taught Sunday school. He had been a resident of Golden Living Center for the past 3 years.

   Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Gladys Andrews Taylor; parents, Leon R. and Bertha P. Taylor; sisters, Gilda Bland and Shirley Waters; a grandson, Billy Allen Barber; and son-in-law, Danny Williams.

   He is survived by two daughters, Marsha Williams and Deborah Barber and her husband, Billy, all of Greenville; two grandchildren, Tina Clinefelter of Stokes and Keith Bunting of Winterville; five great-grandchildren, Austin and Ashley Clinefelter and Kaitlyn Brooke, William Keith, Jr. and Caroline Hope Bunting; five sisters, Audrey Bright of Chocowinity, Leatrice Bradshaw of LaGrange, Opal Boyd of Washington, Genene Chandler of Vanceboro, Ann Woolard of Washington; and a brother, Curtis Taylor of Chocowinity.

   The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Wilkerson Funeral Home.

   Memorial contributions may be made to the Danny Lee Williams Memorial Scholarship at Pitt Community College, PO Box 7007, Greenville, NC 27834.

Online condolences at www.wilkersonfuneralhome.com.