Kenneth Ray Taylor, loving husband and father, too early departed this world to rest in peace on Sunday, June 13, 2004.  Visitation will take place at the Taylor home on Thursday evening from 3:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m., with a private burial at Evergreen Cemetery in Lipan, Texas, on Friday, June 18, 2004. 

His wife, Helen, their children and their families are left with many wonderful memories of him; Bryan Keith, his wife Caridad, their children Alexandra and Joshua; Cathy Nanette, her husband, Donald Nix and their children Taylor, Jason, Colin, Jared and Corey; Kenneth Craig and his wife Charla and their children Clayton and Kendall; Beverly Jo and her husband Brad West.  Other survivors include his mother Juanita Morris Holmes; and brothers, Ronald and Billy Taylor and Jimmy Duncan.

Ken was born on May 6, 1939, in Coleman, Texas.  He attended school in Coleman and Lubbock, Texas and was a graduate of Tom S. Lubbock High School.  His long entrepreneurial business career began delivering papers as a boy in Coleman to help make ends meet.  After high school, he soon discovered sales and eventually founded SAMSCO, which was one of the largest manufacturing representative firms in the Southwest.  After selling his interests in SAMSCO, Ken founded a start up enterprise that would grow into Continental Cabinets, Inc. which now supplies cabinets to some of the world's largest retailers.  Today Ken's company employs more than 500 associates in Southern Dallas and Lancaster, bringing jobs and growth to areas that needed his vision and help.  He was on the executive board of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce and was their 2003 Business Person of the Year.  He will be remembered by many for his passion, determination and his integrity in business.  His word was his bond, his handshake a deal.  Ken was also a member of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Oak Cliff Country Club.  He enjoyed being surrounded by his entire family on holidays and countless weekends aboard his boat, "Taylor Maid," on Lake Texoma.  To his beloved grandchildren he was "Pa."  His kind smile, quick humor and generosity will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, or Texas Garden Clubs, 3111 Old Garden Road, Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, or Texas Shriners Scottish Rite, or The Lipan Evergreen Cemetery, P. O. Box 222, Lipan, Texas, 76462 Jaynes Memorial Chapel 811 South Cockrell Hill Road Duncanville Texas 75137.