Lesley Taylor

Lesley E. Taylor 89 of Glasgow, died Sunday, August 20, 2017 at T. J. Samson Community Hospital. He was born in the Lecta community of Barren County, the son of the late Cecil and Ruby Johnson Taylor. At the age of 16, he left home to work in California where he had family, traveling by train through the Rocky Mountains. He also worked in Montana where he had family and later Illinois before returning to Kentucky to farm and raise a family. Besides farming, Les was a carpenter for many years. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife Mary Geralds Taylor; two children Betty Bartley (Billy) of Tompkinsville and David Taylor of Glasgow; grandchildren Amanda Bybee (Richard) of Glasgow and Whitley Taylor (Fianc