10 things about St. Catherine, Jamaica native Basil George Taylor

Basil George Taylor was a Jamaican man who lived in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, United States. The city is home to Camp Mack, the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel, Spook Hill and Chalet Suzanne.

One of the athletes born in Lake Wales is Robert Lee Tobeck. He played in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons from 1993 to 1999 and for the Seattle Seahawks from 2000 to 2006.

BIOGRAPHY

Taylor was a father of six. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He was born in Saint Catherine, Jamaica.
2. He worked at AMIR Grocery in Lake Wales.
3. He has one son named Adarius Taylor and one stepson named Wayne Walker.
4. He has four daughters namely Shernett Taylor, Sharette Taylor, Shanice Taylor and Bruckell Taylor.
5. He has three sisters namely Myrtle Newman, Doreen Harris and Irish Jackson and five brothers namely Cecil Taylor, Gerald Taylor, Dennis Harris, Calvin Taylor and Delroy Taylor.
6. In 1979, he moved from St. Catherine to Lake Wales.
7. On September 21, 1990, his son Adarius was born Adarius Dashawn Glanton in Bartow, Polk County, Florida.
8. On June 11, 2005, he turned 51.
9. At around 3:15 a.m. on February 19, 2006, he was stabbed once in the chest during a domestic dispute and was left in critical condition at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Polk County.
10. On June 10, 2006, he died at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Polk County.

Also born in St. Catherine, football player Cornel Chin-Sue played for the Arnett Gardens Football Club, which is based in Kingston, Jamaica, from 1994 to 2015. He is 14 years older than Adarius.

In 2014, Adarius started playing in the NFL. In 2018, he changed his last name from Glanton to Taylor in honor of Basil.

On February 24, 2018, Adarius and Kristin Mikail Oden Taylor got married. On December 20, 2018, she gave birth to their son Apollo Taylor.