William Madison Taylor

© The Enid OK Events

08-04-1944

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

William Madison Taylor , Enid Publishing Company President and Secretary of Radio Station KCRC , who died Sunday at his home 2015 W. Maine, was buried Wednesday in Memorial Park Cemetery .

Funeral service for the well-known citizen were held in the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. T. H . McDowell officiating .

Mr. Taylor had been in poor health since March 11, 1943 when he suffered a partial stroke. He was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky and lived there as a boy. When he was 13 years of age his parents moved west and settled at Wellington , Kansas.

He attended school in Wellington and began his newspaper career on the Wellington Monitor-Press as an apprentice. Taylor's first venture as a publisher was in a southern Kansas town and proved unsuccessful . Returning to Wellington, he eventually became owner of the Wellington Journal .

In 1900 he was married to Miss Nellie Radcliffe, and in 1909 he came to Enid and joined the staff of the Enid Daily Eagle. In 1910 he purchased an Interest in the publication and became its manager.

A member of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Taylor was active in the Masonic circles , was a member of the Guthrie Consistory.

He is survived by Mrs. Taylor and John, his son, and a brother Tom R . Taylor, Encino , California and brother-in-law Dr. Love at Blackwell.

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