George F. Taylor

George F. "Whitey" Taylor, 74, of Boiling Pot Ranch Road, Beatty, passed away June 27, 2008 at Spring Valley Hospital in Las Vegas.

Whitey was an Army and Air Force veteran who served in the Korean War, spending most of his adult life mining throughout Nevada and the West.

He was also an accomplished sculptor whose art has been seen throughout the country.

He is survived by sons, Leslie and Shannia of Pahrump, Franklin Abraham and Drue of Santaquin, Utah, and David A. and Natalie Spicer of Beatty; daughters Susan and Cary Holland of Pahrump, Cynthia and Will Kent of Marshall, Calif., Karen and Scott Shanklin of Texas, and Dorothy Collins of Granite Falls, Wash.; a brother, Robert Keel of Texas; and a sister, Margie Rasmussen of Florida.

He is also survived by former wives Shirley Watts of Arizona and Doris Muldowney, to whom he was married for 27 years, of Pahrump.

Twenty-eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren also survive him.

Preceding him in death were a daughter, Jennifer Ann, and a son, Warren A., and his former wife, Effie Spicer-Taylor.

A graveside service was held at Chief Tecopa Cemetery in Pahrump Tuesday, July 8.