Detective David Taylor succumbed to heat exhaustion while attempting to test surveillance equipment on a cell phone tower.
Detective Taylor, part of the agency's narcotics squad, was a technology expert working on a federal narcotics task force at the time. He and a federal agent had scaled the cell phone tower in 100 degree temperatures and were testing the equipment approximately 150 feet off the ground. He suddenly collapsed and fell approximately five feet before his harness caught him.
It took rescuers almost three hours to lower him to the ground, but by then, he had already expired. The agent working with him also suffered heat exhaustion while attempting to rescue him, but was treated and released.
Detective Taylor had been employed with the Greensboro Police Department for 11 years.
David Lee Taylor Jr., 35, of Pineywood Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Finch Auditorium on Unity Street in Thomasville by the Revs. Bill Morrow and Wilbur Jarrett and Chaplain Wofford Byrd. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Taylor was born in Thomasville on Nov. 27, 1965, to David Lee "Pete" Taylor and Ramona Stilwell Taylor. He graduated from Thomasville Senior High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Davidson County Community College. He was a detective in the Vice Narcotics Division of the Greensboro Police Department and a member of the Bomb Team. He graduated from the FBI Hazardous Devices School and other law enforcement schools. He was an instructor at the Greensboro Police Academy and various community colleges. Mr. Taylor received the Law Enforcement Achievement Award for his excellence in technical investigations in 1999 and was a member of the National Association of Technical Investigators.
Mr. Taylor was also an audio/video technician at Finch Auditorium for the Thomasville City Schools. He had worked for UNC-G and the Center for Creative Leadership. He was manager for the Piedmont Airlines/US Airways Jazz Orchestra for many years and was currently manager for the Old South Dixieland Band. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce entertainment committee for the 150th anniversary of Thomasville and an amateur ham radio operator. He was a member of the Guilford Amateur Society and a lifelong member of the Little River Hunt Club.
Surviving are his wife, Angie Gallimore Taylor of Thomasville; his parents of the home; a sister, Tracy Taylor of the home; and his maternal grandmother, Vivian Stilwell of Thomasville.
Detective Taylor, part of the agency's narcotics squad, was a technology expert working on a federal narcotics task force at the time. He and a federal agent had scaled the cell phone tower in 100 degree temperatures and were testing the equipment approximately 150 feet off the ground. He suddenly collapsed and fell approximately five feet before his harness caught him.
It took rescuers almost three hours to lower him to the ground, but by then, he had already expired. The agent working with him also suffered heat exhaustion while attempting to rescue him, but was treated and released.
Detective Taylor had been employed with the Greensboro Police Department for 11 years.
David Lee Taylor Jr., 35, of Pineywood Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Finch Auditorium on Unity Street in Thomasville by the Revs. Bill Morrow and Wilbur Jarrett and Chaplain Wofford Byrd. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Taylor was born in Thomasville on Nov. 27, 1965, to David Lee "Pete" Taylor and Ramona Stilwell Taylor. He graduated from Thomasville Senior High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Davidson County Community College. He was a detective in the Vice Narcotics Division of the Greensboro Police Department and a member of the Bomb Team. He graduated from the FBI Hazardous Devices School and other law enforcement schools. He was an instructor at the Greensboro Police Academy and various community colleges. Mr. Taylor received the Law Enforcement Achievement Award for his excellence in technical investigations in 1999 and was a member of the National Association of Technical Investigators.
Mr. Taylor was also an audio/video technician at Finch Auditorium for the Thomasville City Schools. He had worked for UNC-G and the Center for Creative Leadership. He was manager for the Piedmont Airlines/US Airways Jazz Orchestra for many years and was currently manager for the Old South Dixieland Band. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce entertainment committee for the 150th anniversary of Thomasville and an amateur ham radio operator. He was a member of the Guilford Amateur Society and a lifelong member of the Little River Hunt Club.
Surviving are his wife, Angie Gallimore Taylor of Thomasville; his parents of the home; a sister, Tracy Taylor of the home; and his maternal grandmother, Vivian Stilwell of Thomasville.
Detective David Taylor succumbed to heat exhaustion while attempting to test surveillance equipment on a cell phone tower.
Detective Taylor, part of the agency's narcotics squad, was a technology expert working on a federal narcotics task force at the time. He and a federal agent had scaled the cell phone tower in 100 degree temperatures and were testing the equipment approximately 150 feet off the ground. He suddenly collapsed and fell approximately five feet before his harness caught him.
It took rescuers almost three hours to lower him to the ground, but by then, he had already expired. The agent working with him also suffered heat exhaustion while attempting to rescue him, but was treated and released.
Detective Taylor had been employed with the Greensboro Police Department for 11 years.
David Lee Taylor Jr., 35, of Pineywood Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Finch Auditorium on Unity Street in Thomasville by the Revs. Bill Morrow and Wilbur Jarrett and Chaplain Wofford Byrd. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Taylor was born in Thomasville on Nov. 27, 1965, to David Lee "Pete" Taylor and Ramona Stilwell Taylor. He graduated from Thomasville Senior High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Davidson County Community College. He was a detective in the Vice Narcotics Division of the Greensboro Police Department and a member of the Bomb Team. He graduated from the FBI Hazardous Devices School and other law enforcement schools. He was an instructor at the Greensboro Police Academy and various community colleges. Mr. Taylor received the Law Enforcement Achievement Award for his excellence in technical investigations in 1999 and was a member of the National Association of Technical Investigators.
Mr. Taylor was also an audio/video technician at Finch Auditorium for the Thomasville City Schools. He had worked for UNC-G and the Center for Creative Leadership. He was manager for the Piedmont Airlines/US Airways Jazz Orchestra for many years and was currently manager for the Old South Dixieland Band. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce entertainment committee for the 150th anniversary of Thomasville and an amateur ham radio operator. He was a member of the Guilford Amateur Society and a lifelong member of the Little River Hunt Club.
Surviving are his wife, Angie Gallimore Taylor of Thomasville; his parents of the home; a sister, Tracy Taylor of the home; and his maternal grandmother, Vivian Stilwell of Thomasville.
Detective Taylor, part of the agency's narcotics squad, was a technology expert working on a federal narcotics task force at the time. He and a federal agent had scaled the cell phone tower in 100 degree temperatures and were testing the equipment approximately 150 feet off the ground. He suddenly collapsed and fell approximately five feet before his harness caught him.
It took rescuers almost three hours to lower him to the ground, but by then, he had already expired. The agent working with him also suffered heat exhaustion while attempting to rescue him, but was treated and released.
Detective Taylor had been employed with the Greensboro Police Department for 11 years.
David Lee Taylor Jr., 35, of Pineywood Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Finch Auditorium on Unity Street in Thomasville by the Revs. Bill Morrow and Wilbur Jarrett and Chaplain Wofford Byrd. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Taylor was born in Thomasville on Nov. 27, 1965, to David Lee "Pete" Taylor and Ramona Stilwell Taylor. He graduated from Thomasville Senior High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Davidson County Community College. He was a detective in the Vice Narcotics Division of the Greensboro Police Department and a member of the Bomb Team. He graduated from the FBI Hazardous Devices School and other law enforcement schools. He was an instructor at the Greensboro Police Academy and various community colleges. Mr. Taylor received the Law Enforcement Achievement Award for his excellence in technical investigations in 1999 and was a member of the National Association of Technical Investigators.
Mr. Taylor was also an audio/video technician at Finch Auditorium for the Thomasville City Schools. He had worked for UNC-G and the Center for Creative Leadership. He was manager for the Piedmont Airlines/US Airways Jazz Orchestra for many years and was currently manager for the Old South Dixieland Band. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce entertainment committee for the 150th anniversary of Thomasville and an amateur ham radio operator. He was a member of the Guilford Amateur Society and a lifelong member of the Little River Hunt Club.
Surviving are his wife, Angie Gallimore Taylor of Thomasville; his parents of the home; a sister, Tracy Taylor of the home; and his maternal grandmother, Vivian Stilwell of Thomasville.
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