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Dane Taylor inflates a tire for a customer at Taylor’s Exxon in Nashville.
COUNTY
STILL SERVING Taylor’s Exxon
is unique in Twin Counties STORY BY WILLIAM F. WEST PHOTOS BY ALAN CAMPBELL
T
he sight of a service station
Taylor, 32, is a mechanic. Besides the father
previous owner, the late Frank Jordan,
attendant coming out, filling a
and son, three people work at the station,
handed him the keys to the station and wished him good luck.
motorist’s tank with gasoline,
which is a late 1960s ranch-style structure.
cleaning the windshield and asking to
Kenneth Taylor has been tending to
check under the hood has, over time,
motorists’ needs in the area for about 44
become a long-since-past part of life in the
years. Approximately the first eight of
As for why he enjoys being in the
Twin Counties.
them were at what was Nashville Gulf
service-station business, Taylor said, “I just
downtown.
love cars. I like dealing with people.”
An exception in the Twin Counties is
recalled with a smile and a laugh.
Taylor’s Exxon, which continues to operate
“I worked there part-time on the
a full-service island just east of downtown
weekends,” he said. “And the owner at the
Nashville.
time moved on to other things — and he
“And I just love my job,” he said.
wanted to get out and I took it from there.”
He also has long maintained the Nash
Kenneth Wayne Taylor, 64, owns the
8
“He was ready to get out,” Taylor
station - located at U.S. 64 Business and
Taylor took charge of the Exxon
East Washington Street - and his son Dane
approximately 36 years ago after the
He also noted he has made a lot of friends through the years.
County Sheriff’s Office’s fleet. He said he loves servicing the vehicles
