Reverend C. B. Taylor
Linda Zabors
Reverend Charles B. Taylor was a Baptist minister and the owner of the Taylor Funeral home, which he started in 1963. In 1982 he bought Oak Hill Cemetery Association in Gary, Indiana. The Reverend was driven by mission and entrepreneurial spirit; he made multiple and varied investments in business and faith on the south and west sides of Chicago.
He also started a wide variety of businesses, including: Thrifty Printing (1975), American Monument Company, Atlas Auctioneers, Taylor Coach, and multiple auto sales and rebuilders. Reverend Taylor was also a pilot.
He has decades of civic involvement and service in the Baptist Church, Schools, Masons, Shriners, and the funeral director business.
Reverend Taylor was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and came to Chicago in 1948. He served for 22 years in the Illinois National Guard, where he achieved the rank of First Sergeant.
Veteran: National Guard
Alum;
Prairie State College
Worsham College of Mortuary Science
Jackson State College, Mississippi
Honorary Reverend C. B. Taylor WAY
East 78th Street, between South Eberhart Avenue and South Rhodes Avenue
Approved: April 2023
Ward: 6
Alderman: Sawyer
Neighborhood: Chatham
b. Tuscaloosa, Alabama
d. June 30, 2022. Age 93
near C.B. Taylor Funeral Home
63 E. 79th Street
Source
20231149
https://www.cbtaylorfuneralhome.com/