Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Constable Taylor,
On today, the 80th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Wake Forest. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

May 30, 2024

Great Uncle Johnny, I heard this story all my life from my mother Helen Taylor Sanders Brown and my Aunt Elsie Mae Rideout. My granddad Plunk Taylor loved you so much and it hurt him dearly to lose you. My son, Chandler Jay Blackwell will be started the NC Highway Troopers on 8/11/2023 and I prayed you are his guardian angel. We may have never met, but I love you. It is an honor to remember you.

CHARLETTE BROWN
Great Niece

July 12, 2023

Constable Taylor, I never knew you personally, but, I want to thank you for your service and ultimate sacrifice. You were a true hero. I will share your story because I believe as Officer Zambito....as long as someone speaks your name in remembrance, you are truly not forgotten.

Citizen USA
Stepdaughter of Police Officer who died on duty

June 28, 2016

Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

May 30, 2015

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 65th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service to my home state and the birthplace of my son. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Anonymous

May 30, 2009

Constable Taylor,
Though I never knew you, I would like to take a moment to say thank you. It is officers such as you that paved the way for the rest of us to enter this profession. We owe a debt of gratitude for your ultimate sacrifice. As a brother of a fellow officer from your agency, I know the tremendous pride he feels putting on that Wake Forest uniform and I know he serves as proudly as professionally as you did. Your death was not in vain Constable Taylor, you gave your life for the good of humanity. That in itself makes you a TRUE HERO. Rest in peace brother.

Senior Patrol Officer S.P. Abbacchi
Smithtfield Police Dept.

September 13, 2007

MY BROTHER, YOU LEFT US 63 YEARS AGO TODAY. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN FOR YOUR SACRIFICE YOU MADE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. A HERO FOR SURE. YOU HAVE SERVED WELL.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

May 30, 2007

John, You died protecting the community and your name is in a place of honor. Rest in peace and always remember, all your brothers and sisters at the Wake Forest Police Department remember your sacrifice.

Darren Abbacchi
Wake Forest Police Department

September 12, 2003