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Show Joint Funeral Rites Set Today for Crash Victims Joint funeral services for Sam J. Taylor and Laura Johnson Taylor, ages 20 and 17, who died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident ac-cident between Rock Springs and Green River, Wyo., will be held today, Thursday, at 11 a.m. in the Pleasant Grove Stake Center, Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Taylor died Sunday, Oct. 23, 1977 near Rock Springs. Mr. Taylor died Monday, Oct. 24, 1977 in a Salt Lake City hospital. Mr. Taylor was born Mar. 18, 1957 in Provo to Jack W. and Gweneth Taylor. He married Laura Annette Johnson John-son Oct. 13, 1977 in Orem. At the time of his death Mr. Taylor was employed at SMC Corporation as an electrical maintenance person. He was reared in Pleasant Grove and graduated from Pleasant Grove High School. He was active in sports and enjoyed hunting and mechanical work. He attended atten-ded Utah Technical College in Provo. He was an elder in the LDS Church. He was an Eagl Scout and had received his Duty to God Award. Mrs. Taylor was born July 2, 1960 in Provo to Raymond Delano and Peggy Annette Smith Johnson. She attended Orem High School and had been employed at International Inter-national Fare in the University Univer-sity Mall. She was a member of the LDS Church. Survivors include his parents of Pleasant Grove; a brother and five sisters, Wayne Joe Taylor, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Jenavie Park, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Barbara Bar-bara Probst, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Jim (Elaine) Damato, Fairbanks, Alaska; Dixie Taylor, Rexburg, Ida.; and Meda Taylor, Pleasant Grove; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Taylor, Wallsburg. Survivors of Mrs. Taylor include her parents, Orem; two brothers and one sister, William Raymond Johnson, Fort Lewis, Wash.; Eric Wayne Johnson, Orem; Mrs. Mark (Sherma Rae) Smith, American Fork; grandparents, grandparen-ts, Mrs. Bessie Smith, Nellie Wasberg, both of Orem; William M. Smith, Elmer J. Johnson, both of Provo. |