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GARY PHILLIP TAYLOR Jr.
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
06-24-1991

A Sapulpa man died instantly when his car crossed the center line and slammed into an oncoming pickup on SH 66 Sunday, according to police.

The accident report indicated Gary Phillip Taylor Jr., 22, 707 E. Thompson, was driving southbound on SH 66 north of 78th Street at 6:37 pm

According to the driver of the pickup, William Harold Bewley, 30, Collinsville, as well as other witnesses, Taylor's vehicle crossed the center turning lane and struck Bewley's pickup, the report states.

The speedometer in Taylor's car was stopped at 67 mph after the crash. He was "killed on impact," the report reads.

Taylor "had the odor of alcoholic beverage about his person (and) a cold opened can" of beer was found in the floorboard on the driver's side of the vehicle, according to the report.

Taylor's body was transported by Creek County Ambulance to Bartlett Memorial Medical Center, where blood samples were drawn to determine his blood-alcohol content.

Bewley and the four passengers in his vehicle were not injured. All but one were wearing seatbelts.

The pickup was pulling a horse trailer. Bewley said his family was on the way home from Creek County Raceway after being rained out.

GARY TAYLOR JR.
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
06-25-1991

Gary Phillip Taylor Jr., 22, 707 E. Thompson, died Sunday at Bartlett Memorial Medical Center.

Graveside services are scheduled for 10:30 am Friday in the Sunrise Cemetery, Kellyville, with the Rev. Miland Martin officiating.

Burial will follow under the direction of Owen Funeral Home.

He was born in Santa Fe, N.M. and worked at Simple Simons Pizza. He attended the Joy Christian Fellowship Church in Berryhill.

Survivors include father Gary P. Taylor of Tulsa; mother Mary East of Sapulpa, stepfather David East; grandparents Priscilla LeMaster of Turley and Jack and Ruth Seawright of Tulsa.

GARY TAYLOR JR.
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
06-27-1991

Graveside services for Gary Phillip Taylor Jr. are scheduled for 10:30 am Friday at Sunrise Cemetery near Kellyville with the Rev. Milan Martin officiating.

Burial will follow under the direction of Owen Funeral Home.

Survivors include father Gary P. Taylor of Tulsa; mother Mary East and stepfather David East, both of Sapulpa; grandparents Pricilla LeMaster of Turley and Jack and Ruth Seawright of Tulsa; sister Pricilla Taylor of Sapulpa; and stepbrother Edward F. Albernosz of Saudi Arabia.