November 22, 1933 –  March 19, 2015  Visitation for James Raymond Taylor will be 2:00 – 3:00 Sunday, March 22nd at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Gainesville.
Gainesville resident James Taylor, 81, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Denton Regional Medical Center. He was born in Carthage, Missouri November 22, 1933 to Buford and Zola (Payton) Taylor. James married Tamera Frances Nuttall October 15, 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was an oil field truck driver before retiring.

Survivors include his wife, Tamera Frances Taylor of Gainesville; son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Donna Taylor of Callisburg; son, Gary Taylor of Laramie Wyoming; grandchildren, Travis, Ashlee, Joshua, Kaityln and Gary, Jr. and great-grandchild, Gary Taylor, III. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Cremation is under the direction of Meador Funeral Home.