CROMWELL, Ky. — Lana Jean Taylor, 74, of Cromwell, went to her heavenly home on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 6, 1946, in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late Marshall Louis Hillard and Myrtle Jane Green Hillard.
Mrs. Taylor retired as a bus driver from the Ohio County Board of Education.
Aside from her parents, she was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Kanaan Drake Hawes; two brothers, James Hillard and Lendon Ray Hillard; and two sisters, Margaret Ann Phelps and Juanita Fulton.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her loving husband of 59 years, Wayne Lee Taylor, of Cromwell; one son, Mark Taylor, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky; one daughter, Kim (Greg) Hawes, of Beaver Dam; five grandchildren, Adam, (Stacy) Taylor, Allen (Kammie) Hawes, Billy (Kristen) Hawes, Matt Taylor, and Sarah (Cody) Mellott; nine great-grandchildren, Emma, Leah, and Lydia Taylor, McKinley Mellott, Brody, Kolton, Hadley Hawes, Aidan, and Carly Embry; and a niece, Marsha (Wayne) Young.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at William L. Danks Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Hillard officiating. Burial will follow in Cool Springs Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Friends may visit with Mrs. Taylor’s family from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. until the time of the service on Friday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.danksfuneralhome.com.
