Junius Taylor

Our beloved husband, father and grandfather Junius Allen Taylor, 89, passed away Wednesday, Feb 16, 2005 from complications of a recent stroke. Allen was the first born son of J.A. Taylor and Eva Johnson Taylor on January 9th 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married his sweetheart Alta Holbrook in the Salt Lake Temple on September 21, 1939. They are life time residents of Bountiful. Allen was an amateur radio operator and built high frequency receivers and transmitter and talked to people all over the world. He taught wireless communication to the Army Signal draftees. He later became the Communications division Officer on USS Fanning Destroyer during WW II in the Pacific fleet. He received a B.S. degree in Business from the University of Utah. 1938 Allen was an active business man in Bountiful and was a partner of Lakewoods Home Furnishings in Bountiful where he worked for 41 years. He did marketing, business, advertising and sales. He taught the Dale Carnegie Course in Salt Lake, and also taught classes at LDS Business College. He was active in city and community affairs. He was a member of a Toastmasters Club, Lion?s Club, and nominated for city office twice. He helped form the Bountiful Chamber of Commerce and organize the Davis County Chamber of Commerce. As a young man he worked on the Union Pacific Railroad and Continental Bakery. Allen enjoyed being with his family and taking them boating, water skiing, snow skiing and camping. He was greatly loved by his family and friends. He was known for his quick wit, good humor, generosity, and his speaking ability. He was an active LDS member, faithful home teacher, active in temple work and served as ward Superintendent of Sunday School. He was ordained a Seventy by Levi Edgar Young and served as one of the seven presidents of seventies for the stake and served as the senior president, taught Sunday School, taught the Seventies and High Priest class.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Woodrow, James and Richard Taylor. He leaves behind his wife Alta Holbrook Taylor and children. Daughters: Carylyn Garth Nelson, Camille T. Nelson Ardean Child and Sons: Mark Carrie Taylor, Robert Janet Taylor and 19 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 21, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Bountiful 9th Ward Chapel, 585 East Center Street, Bountiful, Utah. Friends may call Sunday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main, and Monday morning from 9:30 -10:30 a.m. at the church prior to services. Interment-Bountiful City Cemetery. Online guest book at www.russonmortuary.com.