GORDO | William Taylor Hollingsworth, age 88, of Gordo, died March 25, 2015, at Forest Manor Nursing Home. Service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service and immediately following the service at the funeral home. Taylor was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Delois Wheat; his parents, Wilkens Lafayette and Tera Eliza Speed Hollingsworth; his brothers, Clarence Speed, Enis L., and Olin Odis, his sisters, Ellen Frances Brown and Dorothy Lee Goodman, and his nephew, Joe Derrel Hollingsworth. Survivors include his sister, Tera Margene Hollingsworth Biddle (Joe) of Cottondale, Ala.; sister-in-law, Linda Wheat; brothers-in-law, Albert Ganus Goodman and Ralph Wheat; and a number of nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and a host of cousins. Taylor was born on May 24, 1926, to the late Wilkens and Tera Hollingsworth. All who knew Taylor loved him. Taylor loved the Lord and His creation. He loved working in the yard and taking care of Salem cemetery grounds. He had several jobs in his life from working at a box factory to driving a school bus. He and Shirley never had their own children but were second parents to many children that they helped care for through the years. In his later years he was determined to keep a garden, he grew lots of vegetables and cared for the garden until right before he went into the nursing home in 2014. He also loved to draw. He drew some beautiful pictures of his home, Salem Baptist Church, and animals- all the things he loved. He wrote this poem while at the nursing home; it shows his love for nature:""At the end of day, the sun sets behind the hill. The shadow moves over the valley, then darkens when the sun comes up. You will see the sparkles in the dew drops of the foliage and in the water; the greens of foliage and grass; in light and shadow. Over the valley, you will hear; the calls and songs of birds.""Taylor will be greatly missed, but we know he is now with his Savior, who he loved so dearly, and is with all of his loved ones, who have gone on before him.Special thanks to the nurses and staff of Station #1 at Forest Manor Nursing Home.