Larry Starnes Saylor, age 90, passed away at his home on December 26, 2024. He was born in Rose Hill, VA on May 29, 1934, son of the late Robert Levi and Lily Sage Saylor. He graduated from Berea College with a 4 year degree in Chemistry and completed one year of graduate studies at the University of Missouri. He honorably served in the United States Air Force from December 1956 to December 1958 with the 837th Air Base Group, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Larry was a retired chemist and worked for Celanese Coating Company for many years. Larry and his wife Maggie Jean were members of English Baptist Church. He was a very quiet and humble man who enjoyed the simple things in life. He spent time reading, cutting wood, tinkering with different things to see how they work, custom woodwork, discussing theology and his animals. He was very proud of his family and treasured time with them. He and Maggie Jean watched Gunsmoke because she liked it, but he preferred to be on the golf course playing a sport he loved.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings Glenn, Julian, Bruce and Walter Saylor, Margie Montgomery and Lola Lee.
Larry is survived by Maggie Jean, his wife of 56 years.
3 sons: John Saylor (Sarah) of Hickory, KY; Michael Saylor (Stephanie) of Tallahassee, FL and Daniel Saylor (Whitney) of Alta Monte Springs, FL
7 grandchildren: Macy Saylor, Morgan Saylor, Erin Truslow (Peyton), Stephen Saylor, Andrew Saylor, Norah Saylor and Millie Saylor
Funeral services will be held at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at 4 PM with visitation beginning at 2 PM. Burial with military honors will be held at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central on Friday, January 3, 2025, at 8:30 AM. All times are central.