Personal Life
Taylor graduated from Emmett J. Scott High School in Tyler, Texas in 1968.
He then attended Texas Southern University and graduated with a degree in education.
After graduation, Taylor was a teacher first at Hogg Middle School in Tyler, then moved to Houston to teach special education. At the time of his death, he was teaching in Missouri City, Texas.
Taylor died in 2007 of a heart attack at the relatively young age of 59. He was taken ill at his school and never recovered. His wife has stated he had been suffering from heart problems.
Taylor was survived by his wife, Cheryl, and three children Bobby, Johnathan and Cecilee.
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