Shawn M. Taylor

February 12, 1979 - June 24, 2019

Shawn M. Taylor, age 40, of Huntington, died at 10:23 a.m. on Monday, June 24, 2019 at his home. Visitation will be from 1 – 5 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Pastor Matt Snodderly officiating. There will be one hour of visitation prior to the service. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Huntington. Preferred memorials are to Rhonda Taylor, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Shawn was born on February 12, 1979 in Huntington, the son of James (Mike) and Rhonda L. (Burley) Taylor. He was a 1998 graduate of Huntington North High School and worked in production at Our Sunday Visitor for 20 years. Shawn was an avid bowler, loved fishing, and was a lifelong collector of baseball cards, coins, guns and knives. He also loved watching Cubs baseball. He loved his family, friends, and all children. Uncle to 3 beautiful nieces, but known as Uncle Shawny to many. Also surviving are his mother, Rhonda L. Taylor and a grandmother, Patricia Burley, both of Huntington, sisters Michelle L. Sparks of Huntington and Tiffany L. (Nick) Anderson of Fort Wayne, and a brother, Matthew D. Taylor of Huntington. Three nieces Lindsey M. Sparks, Kylie A. Sparks, Evelyn M. Anderson. He was preceded in death by his father, grandparents Bob and Irene Taylor, grandfather Carl Burley, and grandmother Sharon Burley.