Doyce Taylor

Funeral services for Mr. Doyce Taylor, age 68, of Bonham, will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday,

December 20, 2019, at the First United Methodist Church, 801 Star St. Bonham, Texas with

Rev. Thomas O. Brumett and Pastor Dana Coker officiating. Burial will follow in the Willow Wild

Cemetery under the direction of Wise Funeral Home in Bonham. Doyce passed away on

December 16, 2019, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

Doyce was born on February 22, 1951, in Dumas, Texas, the son of R.D. Taylor and

Jennie Lou Fry Taylor. He was a 1969 graduate of the Dodd City High School and earned his

bachelor's degree from the East Texas State University in Commerce. Doyce married Janice

Thomas on June 9, 1972. Doyce once said his hobby was his family. He enjoyed family

vacations and taking care of others. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in

Bonham. He was an owner of the McCraw Oil Company / Kwik Chek Stores and was involved

with the Texas Food and Fuel Association and numerous community boards in Bonham and

Fannin County, including school, banking, and other work-related boards. He was preceded in

death by his mother, Jennie Lou Fry Taylor.

He is survived by his wife, Janice Taylor; father, R.D. Taylor of Lannius; daughters, Terri

Martin and her husband, Rick; Christy Davis and her husband, Lance; son, Steven Taylor and

his husband, Richard Bozorth; grandchildren, Benjamin Martin, Reese Davis, Brody Martin, and

Colby Davis; and his brothers, Donnie Taylor and Dean Taylor; sisters-in-law, Tracey Archibald

and her husband, Mike, and Helen LaNell Thomas; nephews and nieces, Johnny Horton,

Brenton Horton, Brandon Horton, Raymond Taylor, Macey Davis, and Haley Black, and

extended family and a host of friends.

Pallbearers will be Johnny Horton, Brenton Horton, Brandon Horton, Benjamin Martin, Brody

Martin, and Colby Davis.

The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home Chapel 219 W. Sam Rayburn Dr. Bonham,

Texas from 6:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, December 19, 2019.

The family ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in memory of Doyce to the Fannin County Children's Center, 112 West 5th, Bonham, Texas 75418.

Donations can be mailed or given online at www.fanninccc.org under Honor and Memorial Gifts.