OBITUARY: C. A. "FRED" TAYLOR

Submitted by: Linda Henson (Mullins), me@lindakellie.com

Source: Newspaper clipping; April 22 1939


Death Claims C.A. Taylor On Saturday

Early Mill Operator Succumbs at Home in Kalama

   C.A. "Fred" Taylor, a resident of Kalama and Kelso for 53 years, passed away
Saturday afternoon at his home in Kalama following a six month's illness.
    The deceased engaged in the lumbering and logging business for many years
and operated the C.A. Taylor mill in west Kelso, on the Cowlitz river. Much of
the lumber used in the early construction at Longview was cut in the plant.
    Taylor also operated the Clark Creek Logging compay, with a mill on the west
bank of the Cowlitz river here, that logged most of the timber in the Columbia
Heights region.
    During recent years he has been associated in a logging concern known as
C.A. Taylor and Sons, which has been operating in the southern part of the
county.
    Taylor also served as a deputy sheriff for a time during the regime of G.H.
(Teed) Gray.
    Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Veroca Taylor of Kalama; sons, Mc A. Taylor of
Longview, Earl Taylor of Castle Rock, Donald Taylor of Tacoma, John, Frank, Bill
and Clarence Taylor all of Kalama; Daughters, Mrs. Ethyle Oyster of Longview,
Mrs. Dorothy Roehm of Seattle, Mrs. Martha Smith of Seattle, Mrs. Nellie Mullins
of Longview; sisters, Mrs. J.E. Johnson of Kelso and Mrs. E.J. Ballinger of Los
Angeles; half-sisters, Mrs. Cecil Embree of Portland, Mrs. Aldie Burch of Kelso
and Mrs. Harold Anderson of Longbeach, Wash.; and one brother, John W. Taylor of
Olympia.
    Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the chapel
of the Ditlevsen Funeral Home with Rev. Philip Laurie officiating and
committment following in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Kelso.