August 28, 2025, 65, Goldsboro —

Gregory Steven Taylor, known to all as simply Stevie Taylor, life long resident of the Pleasant Grove community near Mount Olive, passed away early Thursday morning, August 28, 2025, at ECU Health Duplin General Hospital, just days after the discovery of a terminal illness.

Stevie was a happy-go-lucky kind of guy.  Nothing fancy or pretentious, he was happiest trodding barefoot in the woods as he hunted in every woods,  and fished in every  body of water that was within the perimeters of Wayne and Duplin counties.  He also assisted his family with farming and with landscaping duties at Taylor’s Nursery and Plant Farm.

Stevie is survived by his devoted companion, Rebecca Davis; his sons, Gregory Scott Taylor and Steven Daniel Hanchey, both of the Pleasant Grove area; a step-daughter, April Renee Wiggs of Albertson; a brother and sister-in-law, Shelton and Elizabeth “Tennie” Taylor of Cameron; a niece, Lecinda J. Waters; three nephews, Jamey Hinson, Jesse Lee “J.L.” Taylor, and Tim Taylor, and their families.  Also surviving are grandchildren, Skyler Keith King, Jesse Adam Taylor, Eli Hanchey, Taylor Hanchey, Lucas Hanchey, Justin Allen Pearson, Clarissa Pearson, and Zachary Beaslely; and  a great-grandson, Waylon King.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ashford Taylor, Annie Mae Summerlin Taylor, and Marvin Taylor; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Sylvia and Bobby Jordan, and Cynthia “Cindy” Taylor; a grandson, Evan Hanchey; and a nephew, Bobby Jordan, Jr.

Stevie’s life will be reflected upon at a graveside service to be held Saturday, August 30, at 6:00 p.m. at the Will Taylor Family Cemetery on the family farm.  Immediately after the service, the family will receive friends and relatives at the cemetery.