Obituary of Clyde O’Neal Taylor

Clyde O’Neal Taylor Jr. from Cape Canaveral, Florida passed away peacefully on December 25, 2017. He was born February 19, 1953 in Port Chester, New York. He was the eldest son of the late Clyde O’Neal Sr. and Winifred Taylor. He grew up in Westbury, New York where he graduated from Westbury Sr. High School in 1971. In High School, Clyde met the love of his life, Pamela Branham. They dated in high school and college. Clyde asked for her hand in marriage, but Pamela felt it was not time yet. So, they went their separate ways. Clyde continued his education at Worchester Polytechnic Institute in Worchester, Massachusetts with a major in Mechanical Engineering with a specialty in Computer Programming. In the late 1970’s, he was offered an engineering position with Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois. After years at Caterpillar, Clyde discovered that he had a niche for computer programming. He switched his career path to computer engineering/programming and relocated to California. One of his first computer programming jobs was with Applicon, Inc. as a CAD programmer in the 1980’s. At Applicon, Clyde was selected to be part of the team to develop personal computers and lived in Amsterdam for almost a year. He was a gifted musician who played several instruments including tuba, keyboards, drums, and guitar. Clyde was a huge fan of Sci-Fi movies. He loved to watch both the old and new Star Trek TV episodes and movies. Two of his favorite movies to watch were Stargate and Star Wars. Clyde is survived by his wife, Pamela Branham-Taylor, his two loving children Christopher and Allison, two devoted sisters and pet, Ellen, Suzanne, and Lola Taylor, his mother-in-law, Winifred (Wini) Branham, his nieces Jeneal, Cory, Stephanie, Micah, and Nikki and his grand-nephew, Julian, his cousins in St. Louis, Clifford, Linda, LaWanda, and Leon. He has other extended family and friends that love him and that will miss him dearly. Services will be held at Ammen Family Cremation and Funeral Care, 1001 South Hickory Street, Melbourne, Florida 32901 starting at 11:30 am EST. Repast will immediately follow the service. The family wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you for all your prayers, support, and love during this time. May God continue to shine his light upon you every moment of every day. Let not your heart be troubled: If you believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself: That where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 1 – 3