This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TAYLOR Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1811 Message Board Post: TAYLOR, Michael D. "Mike" Age 50 Of Battle Creek Died Saturday, January 8, 2005 at home. Mike was born June 20, 1954 in Portsmouth, Virginia. He graduated from Gull Lake High School in 1972. After graduating from Ferrari's School of Cosmetology he and his wife Linda have operated the Taylor and Taylor Hair Design for the past ten years. Mike is survived by his wife, Linda M.; son, Christian M. Taylor of Ft. Wayne; mother, Irene Taylor of Hendersonville, NC. At the request of the family friends may call at the FARLEY-ESTES & DOWDLE FUNERAL HOME Battle Creek Monday where family will be present from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association or the Music Center of South Central Michigan. To leave a message for the family. www.farleyestesdowdle.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 1/10/2005. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)