Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Denzil Ray Taylor    
                Born: Nov-30-1942          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Dec-15-1967          in Point Pleasant, Mason Co, WV  2,3 (see note 1)
              Buried: Feb- 9-1968          in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,4
             Resided:                      in Point Pleasant, Mason Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1963                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  1
          Occupation:                      teacher, Point Pleasant High School  5,2
              Father: Frederick Flynn Taylor   (1915 - 1968) 
              Mother: Melva Gay Law   (1919 - 2012) 
                Wife: Glenna Mae Grose     
             Married: Nov-28-1963          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Born: Jan-29-1944          in Baltimore, MD  1,2
                Died: Dec-15-1967          in Point Pleasant, Mason Co, WV  2
              Buried: Dec-30-1967          in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,4
      Cause of death:                      drowned in Ohio River in Silver Bridge disaster  6
             Resided:                      in Point Pleasant, Mason Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1963                 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      school teacher  2
           Education:                      Glenville State College  7
              Father: Wilbur D. "Buck" Grose   (1916 - 1988) 
              Mother: Virginia Mildred Markle   (1920 - 2009) 

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(2) Mason County Death Records, Point Pleasant, WV. 
(3) Obituary of mother. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Obituary of wife. 
(6) Obituary, Funeral services for Glenna Mae Taylor, 23, of Point Pleasant, the 36th victim of the Silver Bridge disaster 
to be recovered from the Ohio River, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lewis-Rogers Funeral Home in Pennsboro, 
W.Va. 
Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Harrisville. Mrs. Taylor was the wife of Denzil Ray Taylor, a Point 
Pleasant High School teacher, who was in the car with her when the bridge collapsed. His body has not been 
recovered. 
Mrs. Taylor was born Jan. 27, 1944, in Baltimore, Md., the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Grose of Pennsboro. 
She was a former teacher on leave from Point Pleasant High School and with her husband had resided in the K & K Mobile 
Home Park near the Point Pleasant city limits. The couple had been expecting their first child in January. 
She was a graduate of Glenville State College and a member of the Pennsboro Church of Christ. Here she attended both 
Bellemeade EUB and Trinity Methodist Churches. Friends may call at the Lewis-Rogers Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Friday. If 
the body of Denzil Taylor is found before Saturday, it was reported, joint funeral services will take place. If not a 
special memorial service will be conducted along with funeral services for his wife. 
. 
(7) Obituary. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Along with his wife and their unborn child, who was due the following month,
Denzil Taylor was one of the 46 drowning victims when the Silver Bridge
collapsed into the Ohio River at Point Pleasant.  His body was not recovered for
several weeks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bridge
http://www.freewebs.com/silverbridgeaccident/thebridgecollapse.htm
http://www.wvgenweb.org/mason/pointpleasant/silver.html
http://youtu.be/VpGVP5yU6c8







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