BORN

1950

DIED

2013

FUNERAL HOME

Heritage Funeral Home - Davis Morris Chapel

800 Center Ave

Brownwood, Texas

John Taliaferro Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 1, 2014.

John Kenneth Taliaferro, 63, of Brownwood, Texas, passed away on December 25, 2013, in Odessa, Texas.

John was born in Odessa to Marquis and Dorothy Taliaferro on October 6, 1950. He graduated from Odessa High School and attended Howard Payne University. John served as the Vice-President of Operations for Texas Reamer Company. He was then the owner and President of Orion Industries until his retirement. John was an avid outdoorsman and pilot who enjoyed flying, scuba diving, sports fishing, tennis, and hunting. He was also a loving father and grandfather. In the last years of his life, John lived in Brownwood, caring for his parents.

John is survived by his son Chris Taliaferro and wife, Cheryl;daughter Jennifer Henager and husband, Chris; daughterMichelle Munos and husband, Jason; parents Marquis and Dorothy Taliaferro; brother Marquis Taliaferro, Jr. and wife, Hattie; sister Charlotte Theaux and husband, Eugene; and grandchildren Madison and John Samuel Taliaferro and Ethan and Jaxon Henager.

The funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 2, 2013, at Davis-Morris Funeral Home in Brownwood with Mark Blau from Menard officiating.

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January 2, 2014

Larry Richardson

John was my friend and baseball team mate. Thinking back, I remember a dry sense of humor that left me in tears from laughter. John completed his tour of high school but he was ready to move on about 5 months before graduation. I have thought about John often and wished to laugh with him once more.

January 2, 2014

Larry Richardson

In loving memory of a wonderful person. I remember John as a friend and baseball team mate. In rememberance of him in high school, I believed he possessed a wonderful, funny, dry sense of humor. He loved the playing the game and was ready, after graduating, to move on.

January 1, 2014

Tommy Parson

It is an honor to serve your family. From all of us at Davis-Morris Funeral Home.

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Jimmy Jarman

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

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