Jerry Lee Taylor, 64 of Marion, NC, passed away on Sunday July 14, 2024, at UNC Health-Blue Ridge in Morganton, under the care of the hospital staff and Amorem Patient Care.  Jerry was born on November 3, 1959, to the late James Calvin Taylor and the late Hattie Mae Hayes-Taylor.  Jerry spent his occupational years driving trucks and working construction.  He spent his free time working on cars, enjoying the great outdoors, driving, and most importantly spending time and making memories with his children, family, and friends.  Jerry was known as a people person.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son Devin Boyce, a brother Jimmy, and an infant sister.

Left to cherish his memory are his children: Jai Taylor of Lenoir, Shaniah Boyce of Marion, Jeremy Boyce of Hickory, Colin Taylor of Lenoir, and Mariah Steptoe of Lenoir; his grandchildren: Isaiah Robinson of Hickory and Legend Steptoe of Lenoir; a brother Sonny Hayes of Taylorsville; a life partner Sharon Boyce of Marion, and a number of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A funeral service celebrating the life of Mr. Jerry Lee Taylor will take place Saturday July 27, 2024, at 12:00 noon in the Corpening Memorial Chapel of McCain Funeral Home & Cremations; interment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Park in Lenoir.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.