Omer T. Kaylor Jr.
Omer T. "Tom" Kaylor Jr., 75, of 940 The Terrace, Hagerstown, died Monday, April 19, 1999, at Mercy Hospital Center, Baltimore.
Born July 14, 1923, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Judge Omer T. and Mabel E. Slagen Kaylor Sr.
He was a 1941 graduate of Hagerstown High School; a 1946 graduate of Washington and Lee; and received his law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1949.
He practiced law in Hagerstown for 50 years.
He was a member of the V-12 Military Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A U.S. Navy veteran, he served in the Pacific during World War II.
He was a member of Zion Reformed Church.
He was a state's attorney from 1954 to 1958; and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1950 to 1954. He was president of United Way; a member of the Washington County Museum Board; Torch Club; Exchange Club; American Legion Morris Frock Post 42; the board of directors of F&M Bank; board of directors of YMCA; Phi Beta Kappa; a Rhodes Scholar; and a member of Assembly Club.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Johnston Kaylor; two daughters, Laura Kaylor Joy of Wellsville, N.Y., and Gwen Kaylor Cowart of Chesapeake, Va.; three sons, Omer Thomas Kaylor III of Pittsburgh, John Malcolm Kaylor of Hagerstown and Mark Johnston Kaylor of Costa Mesa, Calif.; a brother, Howard S. Kaylor of Hagerstown; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, 201 N. Potomac St., Hagerstown. The Rev. Jack D. Cook will officiate. Private graveside services will be at Rest Haven Cemetery before the service. Visitation will be at his home Friday from 3 to 5 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, 201 N. Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD 21740; or Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown, MD 21740.
Arrangements are by Gerald N. Minnich Funeral Home, 305 N. Potomac St., Hagerstown.
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