Funeral services for Taylor Ray Stevenson, 25, of Lindale, were held on June 27, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Interment followed at Emory City Cemetery.
Mr. Stevenson died on June 21, 2022, in Lindale. He was born on September 13, 1996, in Rockwall, to Brian Keith Stevenson and Tracy LeAnne Compton-Smith. He graduated from Rains High School in 2013. He grew up wanting to be in the military and proudly served in the US Army. He adored his children and was passionate about family. Family was everything to him and if you were his friend you were his family. He enjoyed fishing, sports, music and playing games.
Mr. Stevenson is survived by his fiancé, Destri Laine Danley; his parents; daughters, Marleigh Reign Stevenson and Haizlee Kate Stevenson; sons, Cooper Layne Stevenson and Dax Wayne Miller; grandparents, Larry Compton, Vicki Nix and Barbara Lawson; brothers, Aaron Keith Stevenson and Joshua Ryan Stevenson; sister, Melody Nicole Hart; nieces, Savanna Ferry, Avery and Sawyer Stevenson and Mila Hart; nephews, Lincoln Stevenson, Jack Stevenson and Hudson Hart; and numerous uncles, aunts and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandmother, Ann “Nannie” Simmons; grandmother, Charlotte Compton; grandfather, Jerry Ray Stevenson; and aunt, Melody Lynn Stevenson.
Arrangements were under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home.