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James Gary Taylor © Grace Memorial Chapel 06-2014 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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Dr. James Gary Taylor, retired Ponca City veterinarian, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 6, 2014, after a long battle with cancer. He was surrounded by many family members at his home.
Gary was born Sept. 24, 1944, in Harrisburg, AR, son of Mary and Raymond Taylor. He grew up in Imboden, AR and graduated from Sloan Hendrix High School in 1962, receiving the State FFA Degree.
Gary completed his preprofessional studies at the University of Arkansas, in Fayetteville, where he was consistently named to the deans honor roll. He was the recipient of several academic scholarships, including the Arkansas Farm Bureau, the Oaklawn Jockey Club and Sears and Roebuck Farm scholarships. In 1969, he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. He also held a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from OSU.
Following graduation in 1969 he married Nancy Vickers of Ponca City. They moved to Harrison, Arkansas, where he practiced veterinary medicine for one year at Boone County Veterinary Clinic. Gary served as a captain in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps from 1970 to 1972. While serving at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service.
Dr. Taylor practiced one year at the GoodrichWalker Veterinary Clinic in Miami, OK., and in 1973, he and his family moved to Ponca City where he built Taylor Veterinary Clinic. From 1981 to 1992 he was President of Ponca Body and Paint Shop and 1982 to 1985 President of Blackwell Animal Hospital, Blackwell, OK. From 1973 until his retirement in October, 2013, he was President of TaylorOldfield Veterinary Clinic Inc. He retired after forty years of practice due to his health.
Besides practicing veterinary medicine some of Garys other loves were cattle ranching with his sons in Osage, Kay, and Noble counties., attending O.S.U. football and basketball games with his wife sons, all O.S.U. graduates, and spending time with his grandchildren whom he dearly loved. He was a member of St. Pauls United Methodist Church and the Sounders Sunday School Class. He was a previous Sunday School Teacher and an Adult Education director of St. Pauls UMC.
Gary was also very active in many professional and community organizations. These include the American , Oklahoma, and North Central Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Associations, Ponca City Humane Society, Kay County State Cattlemens Association.
Previous activities included O.S.U. Class of 1969 Representative College of Veterinary Medicine Alumni Council, Executive Board of Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, President of North Central Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, Member of Ponca City Animal Control Commission, Chairman of the Taxation Committee of Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, Y.M.C.A. Youth football and basketball coach, Ponca City Quarterback Club, Chairman of Boy Scouts of America, Member of the Ponca City FFA Alumni Boosters, Director of Kay County Junior Livestock Show Board, Director of Oklahoma High School Rodeo Association, Member of Ponca City Noon Lions, and member of the American Legion.
His parents, Mary and Raymond Taylor, and his older brother, Bobby Taylor, precede him in death. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, of Ponca City: his son, Ryan, his wife, Amanda, and their children, Jake and Caroline of Tulsa, OK his son, Robb and his daughters, Brennyn, Sydney, and Jennifer and Mandi Hickman and her children of Perkins, OK his brother, Bill and his wife, Jeannine of Heber Springs, AR his brother, Jerry and his wife, Patty of Edmond, OK his sister Mary Ellen Holladay and her husband, LD of England, AR his brotherin law, Larry Vickers and wife Patty many cousins, nieces and nephews.
The family greatly appreciates the prayers, notes, food, and most of all, the time friends spent with Gary during his illness. Also, the considerate medical care given by Dr. Sullivan of Ponca City, Dr. Ross of the Ponca City Medical Center, Dr. Armor of Mercy Medical Center, Oklahoma City, and Hospice of North Central Oklahoma.
Visitation will be held at Grace Memorial Chapel Thursday, Jan. 9th from 78 p.m. and a graveside service will be Friday, Jan. 10, at 11 a.m. at Odd Fellows Cemetery followed by a Celebration of Garys Life at St. Pauls United Methodist Church at 2 p.m., also on Friday.
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