Ethan Allen Taylor -- Victim of a UTV Accident

 

 

Ethan Allen Taylor

 

 Ethan Allen Taylor was born on March 22, 1991 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was the first of two children born to Jeffery Allen Taylor and Cindy Ann McNIchols Taylor.  Jeffery was a native of Erin, Tennessee and worked as a welder. Cindy was a native of Trigg County, Kentucky and was a descendant of Starkie Thomas. Ethan’s only sibling was Macy Leann Taylor, born in 1993 and married to James Robert Wallace.

Ethan grew up on the family farm in the Linton community of Trigg County.  He was a 2009 graduate of Trigg County High School and was a 2012 graduate of Hopkinsville Community College where he received his Associates in Applied Science of Agriculture Technology degree. Ethan first married Amelia Futrell on June 8, 2013.  They were divorced and on October 3, 2015, he married his second wife, Lynley Anne Sullivan.  Lynley was a graduate of Murray State University with a BS degree in Agriculture with an emphasis in animal health technology and worked as a veterinary technician at the Trigg County Veterinary Clinic.

Ethan owned a farm in the Linton community known as the Hidden Hollow Farms.  The farm contained numerous farm animals that Ethan and Lynley, along with his parents, exhibited as the Taylor’s Petting Zoo.  The family took the Zoo to numerous county fairs and other celebrations which was a popular attraction throughout western Kentucky.

In addition to operating his farm and the petting zoo, Ethan was a welding instructor at the Gateway Academy of Innovation and Technology in Hopkinsville. He previously worked as a maintenance technician and welding specialist at Commonwealth Agri-Energy, a corn ethanol plant in Hopkinsville.

On Friday afternoon, July 8, 2016, Ethan was operating a Polaris Utility Vehicle (UTV) while working near his home.  A UTV is built more for work than recreation. At about 1:15 p.m. at Hidden Hollow Farms he hit an embankment and the UTV overturned and Ethan was pinned underneath the vehicle.  He was alone at the time of the incident.  A short time later he was discovered by his parents, Jeff and Cindy Taylor.  The local coroner declared that he had died at the scene of the accident. It was later determined that the cause of death was due to blunt force trauma to the victim’s neck and chest. Ethan’s father, Jeff Taylor, passed away just two days later at his home in Linton.

Ethan was 25 years old at the time of his death.  He was buried in the Rose Cemetery in Trigg County.

 

Ethan and Lynley Taylor

Ethan Taylor Tombstone

LINEAGE: (Ethan Allen Taylor was the son of Jeffery Allen and Cindy McNichols Taylor and the grandson of Samuel Wilkinson “S. W.” and Anita Joyce Clayton McNichols.  Anita was the third child of Richard Boyd and Pauline Travis Clayton.  Pauline was the first child of Carney Baccus and Mamie Adeline Light Travis.  Mamie was the tenth child of John J. and Emeline Catherine Thomas Light.  Emeline was the seventh child of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas.  Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas.  Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)