Michael "Mike" Mell Taylor

Mr. Michael Mell “Mike” Taylor, age 67, of Vidalia, died Saturday, November 29, 2025, at his home after a sudden illness. He was a lifelong resident of Toombs County and a 1976 graduate of Vidalia High School. He retired after twenty years as a lineman with Georgia Power. Later, Mike worked with J.B. Hunt as a truck driver for ten years and with the Vidalia Board of Education as a school bus driver for five years. He loved God’s creation of the outdoors, especially land and trees. He enjoyed vintage farm equipment and that the pond was stocked with fish. With night vision cameras, he loved to see wildlife, including deer, raccoons, fox, rabbits, even a traveling black panther. He is preceded in death by his father, Mell Taylor.                                                        

He is survived by his mother, Sue Taylor of Vidalia; one sister, Suzanne Taylor Adams and husband David of Evans; one brother, Mark Taylor and Katherine Frix of Cumming; two nephews, Taylor Adams and wife Kaitlyn of Evans and Chase Adams and wife Sandra of Brookhaven; and two great-nieces, Peyton Adams and Lucy Adams.

A graveside funeral service will be held on Wednesday morning, December 3, 2025, at 11:00 at Lakeview Memorial Gardens with his cousin, Charles Taylor officiating.

Flowers are accepted or memorial donation are suggested to the Community Hospice Foundation, PO Box 2277, Vidalia, GA 30475.

Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements.    

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