H.C. “Tye” Taylor

85 year old H.C. “Tye” Taylor of Watertown died Wednesday at University Medical Center in Lebanon. He was a DeKalb County native, a welder, barber, Baptist, and a U.S. Army Veteran. The funeral will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Hunter Funeral Home in Watertown. Burial will be in the Mount Holly Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Horace and Nola Edna Taylor; a sister, Ina Mae Trapp; and brothers, Lloyd, Hobert, and H.D. Taylor. Survivors include sisters, Callie Taylor of Watertown, Reba and her husband Virgil Nixon of Watertown, and Clara Fuson of Smithville. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Hunter Funeral Home in Watertown is in charge of the arrangements.