During a 2010 memorial service for Alberta Cody Payne, the widow of Roger K. Payne, son of Byrd Payne I found out several things have been reported as being inaccurate in the following cometary. First Jay and Betsy Rose Taylor were married in South Carolina, not Louisiana and there apparently was no flight in a helicopter to New Orleans. Jay was a Navy helicopter pilot but not stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the 1950's. Well, I have been reading the "Ultimate Sacrifice" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartman that was published in 2006 and would really like to get Jay's opinion on the book. But, since the only time I have had conversations with him have been weddings and funerals it may be some time before I speak to him again. This 1994 article by him in the Sarasota Harold-Tribune, U.S. Playing into Castro's Hands gives us an idea of his opinion of Fidel Castro at that time. Jay began his career in the late 1950's about the same time as my brother with the U.S. Government. The book cronicles in their opinion "John and Robert Kennedy, the Plan for a Coup in Cuba, and the Murder of JFK."
The letter from Larry Ault, (Lawrence) Irene Payne Ault's son was regarding the wedding of Patricia (Patsy) Payne Perkins and Ray Farmer.
During Bertha Payne Campbell's funeral service in 2009 I found that a story told by our dear Uncle Bill Breeding to me regarding Castro releasing turkey's from a neighboring Turkey Farm during Jay and Betsy's daughter Amy's wedding was untrue or so it seems. Jay Taylor was head of the U.S INTERESTS SECTION (USINT) in Havana, Cuba when his daughter Amy was married there in May 1987. Well it made for a great story. I would imagine that several other events taking place during that year were of more interest.. Jay also wrote a couple articles I was able to locate on HighBeam Research
JOHN TAYLOR - 1931 - 2022
John Jackson Taylor "Jay" John Jackson Taylor, "Jay" to all who knew and loved him, died peacefully at home in Decatur, GA on March 3, 2022. |