Phillip Kenneth Taylor, age 53, of Golden, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, December 30, 2021. Son of Frank and Janie (Harper) Taylor, Phillip was born on May 15, 1968, in Malvern, Arkansas. Subsequent to graduating high school, Phillip served proudly in the United States Army, going on to obtain an aviation degree and a private pilot license. Phillip was a man of many professional interests, becoming a certified welder, crane operator and a registered emergency medical technician. On December 17, 1996, in Narrows, Virginia, Phillip married the love of his life, Chasity O'Dell.

Phillip was in a band since the age of 12, the most recent of which called "Rekindled". Phillip could fix or build anything. He was an expert bowman and loved bow hunting. Phillip was a DJ, a songwriter, a drummer, a fisherman, and a hunter. He loved riding his Harley Davidson and cooking. Everything Phillip did was an adventure, and he could make even the simplest things exciting. Phillip was a man who lived big and loved even bigger. As diverse as his interests were, Phillip's family always came first, no matter what, especially his grandchildren. Phillip was a treasure to all who knew and loved him, he will be greatly missed.

Survivors include his wife, Chasity Taylor, of Golden, Missouri; his mother, Janie Taylor-Wright, of West Plains, Missouri; five children, Justin Cook, of Golden, Missouri, Felicia Cook and her husband Johnathan, of Corrigan, Texas, Hailey Jamison and her husband Tim, of Fort Knox, Kentucky, Triston Taylor and his wife Devin, of Eagle Rock, Missouri, and Shelby Taylor of Kimberling City, Missouri; eight grandchildren, Aubrie, Johnathan "Bubba", Harmoni, Harlyn, Audrey, Layla, Sebastian, and Mazeabella; two sisters, Lynn Taylor, of West Plains, Missouri, and Shelby Weese and her husband Wayne, of Elk View, West Virginia; five nephews, Scott Stevenson, of Teays Valley, West Virginia, Kyle Stevenson of Rosharon, Texas, Brandon Weese of Elk View, West Virginia, Chris Simmons, of Saraland, Alabama, and Matthew Simmons, of Ozark Acres, Arkansas; and one niece, Melissa Terry, of West Plains, Missouri.

Phillip was preceded in death by his father, Frank Taylor; and two granddaughters, Willow Jo Taylor and Kali Cook.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at White Funeral Home in Cassville Missouri, with Brother Raymond Taylor of Journey Church Ozarks in West Plains, Missouri officiating, with burial to follow at the family farm in Golden.  The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. until service time.

Memorial contributions may be made to the family and entrusted to White Funeral Home & Crematory P.O. Box 890, Cassville, MO 65625

Arrangements are under the direction of White Funeral Home & Crematory, Cassville, Missouri.