Billy Wayne Taylor Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe, LA Funeral services for Billy Wayne Taylor, age 58, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, November 9, 2007 in the Worship Center of First Baptist Church of West Monroe. Officiating will be Rev. Harry Boyd and Rev. Tom Lowe. Interment will follow at Concord Cemetery in Chatham, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe. He was a successful businessman, but to his family he was a generous and constant source of advice and support. He held the affections of his siblings and most of all, his nieces and nephews in the palm of his hands. His words, actions and deeds always conveyed to his family that he was on our side and that he loved us and we could always depend on him. Billy Wayne was the ¨glue that held us all, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews together. He always said that families ¨stick together. Now how can we go on without him, knowing he died alone and not with those who loved him. His favorite statement to every tragedy was ¨life goes on. We have to move on because to do less would be a disservice to his memory. We will remember him always for the way he loved us. The way he honored, cared for and loved his mother and father. He suffered many losses, one of which he never understood, but managed to move forward without bitterness and hatefulness. We will remember our Sunday dinners and our Christmas days and sitting on the porch and walking in the yard. We will laugh when we think of his ¨Big Secret which was home fried chicken dipped in barbeque sauce. We will remember him because with all the material things he had or could have had his most prized possession was his beloved, pet, Jolie. Jolie was there with her ´Dad until and after the very end. He was good, he was kind and he was beautiful. To the rest of the world, he was Bill, but to his family he was Billy Wayne. ¨How will we live without you? We will because ¨life goes on. Survivors include his brothers; Preston Taylor and wife, Gloria, Jake Taylor and wife, Wanda, Clyde Taylor, Jimmie Taylor, Ernest Conn and wife, Jeanette and Alwood Conn and wife, Blanche; sisters, Linda Sue Hightower and husband, Bob and Zola Mae Morphew and husband, Charles; numerous nieces and nephews; step-daughter, Jennifer Tudor and beloved pet, Jolie. Bill≠s mortgage experience spans thirty six years, of which twenty two years were spent in developing, managing correspondent production channels. He was a pioneer and icon in the correspondent business. Bill developed one of the first correspondent purchase program in 1982 for Troy & Nichols Mortgage in Monroe, LA. After being acquired by Chase Manhattan Bank, Bill managed the Chase Manhattan Correspondent Channel. Following Chase Manhattan, Bill built and managed the Correspondent Channel for The Dime Saving Bank of New York/North American Mortgage until its sale to Washington Mutual. Bill developed and managed the correspondent channel for Irwin Mortgage until leaving to consult for two years. In 2007, Bill was hired by Benchmark Bank of Dallas, Texas as president of Affiliated Mortgage Company to oversee all operations for the correspondent channel. Pallbearers will be Colbee Taylor, Brian Murphy, Dan Hastings, Don Richey, David Halley and Steve Gibson. Honorary pallbearers will be Stephen Hutchinson, Bill Bennett, Mike Lancaster and the entire staff at Affiliated Mortgage Co. Visitation will be 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M., Thursday, November 8, 2007 in the Worship Center of First Baptist Church of West Monroe. Memorials may be given to Louisiana Tech Foundation Champs in Honor of Bill Taylor, P.O. Box 3183, Ruston, LA 71272 or Goodfellows.