Harvey Taylor III

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HARVEY PRESTON TAYLOR III
HARVEY PRESTON TAYLOR III WAS BORN TO MARGARET ELLIS AND HARVEY TAYLOR ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 1943 IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. HE PASSED AWAY TWO DAYS AFTER HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024 AT HIS HOME IN ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARTNER OF 34 YEARS, ANGELA MARINELLI, HIS SISTER DENISE, BROTHER PAUL (CONNIE) ENO, SON HARVEY (EMMA) IV, DAUGHTER BETHANY, HIS 5 GRANDKIDS, TREY, CASEY, KAYLA, ELIJAH AND ANDREA, FOUR NEPHEWS, CHRISTOPHER STANIECKI, JOSEPH, JON AND JAMES ENO, TWO NIECES, CHERYL MOLK AND JENNIFER CERULLO, HIS MARINELLI FAMILY OF FIVE SISTERS, SIX BROTHERS AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO OVER THE YEARS SHARED WITH HIM THEIR LOVE OF ITALIAN TRADITIONS AND FOOD. HE SHARED WITH THEM HIS LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS AND THEY ALL CARRY IN THEIR HEARTS FOND MEMORIES OF TIME SPENT WITH HARVEY AT HOME, CAMPING AND FISHING.
HARVEY SPENT MOST OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN THE WALLED LAKE AREA AND WENT TO WALLED LAKE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYED LINEBACKER IN FOOTBALL. HE IS AN ARMY VETERAN AND SPENT A TOUR IN VIETNAM IN 1968-69. A HUGE RED WINGS FAN, HE PLAYED ORGANIZED HOCKEY FOR MANY YEARS AND ONCE PLAYED ON A FROZEN LAKE WITH GORDIE HOWE AND TERRY SAWCHUCK. HE STARTED IN THE MASONRY INDUSTRY, WHERE HE STAYED FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER, MEETING MEN THAT WOULD IMPACT HIS LIFE FOREVER. HE MARRIED DEBI CAMPBELL IN 1970, HAD TWO CHILDREN AND MOVED TO ATLANTA IN 1983. EVEN BEFORE THAT, HARV WAS AN AVID SPORTSMAN. A MEMBER OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY SPORTSMENS CLUB WHILE STILL IN MICHIGAN, HE CARRIED THAT PASSION EVERYWHERE HE WENT. HE EITHER WANTED TO GO FISHING OR HUNTING. IT DIDN’T MATTER. IT WAS HIS GETAWAY. HE WOULD GO SALMON FISHING EVERY YEAR FOR DECADES UP TO BEAR LAKE, MOST OF THE TIME WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, MICHAEL POWER. EVENTUALLY GETTING A LITTLE SPOT UP THERE SO HE COULD SPEND MORE TIME ENJOYING WILDLIFE. AND THEN KILLING IT. HARVEY LOVED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. HAD QUITE A KNACK FOR GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF A BAD MOOD. HIS TYPICALLY GENTLE DEMEANOR MEANT A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT TRANSCENDED. HE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY. MAY GOD ALMIGHTY REST HIS GENTLE SOUL.