Obituaries of DECEMBER 1987, Daily Comet Newspaper, Lafourche Parish, La.
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December 8, 1987

Joe Gray Taylor

Services Friday for Former NSU teacher

Dr. Joe Gray Taylor Memorial services for Dr. Joe Gray Taylor, 67, of
Lake Charles, a former member of the Nicholls State history faculty,
will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in
Lake Charles. He died at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday in Lake Charles hospital
after an illness of several months.

He taught history at Nicholls from 1950-53 and again from 1958-63. He
was active at the time in the First Presbyterian Church of Thibodaux. In
1963 he joined the faculty at McNeese State University. He became dean
of the College of Liberal Arts in 1983, a post he held until his death.
He was the author of many books and articles, including "Louisiana, A
Bicentennial History" and "Negro Slavery in Louisiana."His survivors
include his wife, the former Helen Eva Friday; two sons, Joe Gray Jr. of
Saudi Arabia and Edward Coleman of Lake Charles; and one daughter,
Harriette Scott of Champagne, Ill.Contributions may be made to the Joe
Gray Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of the McNeese
President's Office.