July 5, 1997 THE ODESSA AMERICAN [http://www.oaoa.com] James Taylor KERMIT _ James Ed Taylor, 66, a court reporter, died Thursday, July 3, 1997, in Kermit. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Kermit Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Campbell officiating. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Home. He was born in Goree and lived in Kermit for 10 years before moving to Pine Bluff, Ark. He was a Navy veteran and a Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Brian Quin Taylor and James Mickey Taylor, both of Kermit.