OBIT: James Taylor MOLSON, 1997, native of Bellwood, Blair County, PA

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Memorial Service Program
21 Feb 1997

Daily Democrat, Woodland  CA

JAMES TAYLOR MOLSON, SR.
(1912 – 1997)

  James Taylor Molson, Sr. died at Woodland Memorial Hospital, in Woodland, 
on February 12, 1997, at the age of 84.  Born on July 16, 1912, in Bellwood, 
Penn., he was the only child of Edward Banks Molson and Anna Taylor Molson, 
who preceded him in death.
  He came to California in 1926 with his mother.  They first lived in 
Oakland, and then Berkeley, before relocating to Woodland in 1941.
  His occupation was that of a truck driver.  He drove for Pete Ramponi, 
Valley Livestock, George Gray and Morris Draying where he drove from Los 
Angeles to Seattle on a regular basis.
  After hauling everything from livestock to lumber, he went to work for the 
California Department of Education, Surplus and Supplies, where he was employed 
for 22 years.  He retired in 1977.
  He received a commendation for driving over 170,000 miles without a 
chargeable accident from 1958 to 1962.  Not satisfied with retired life, he 
decided to drive a truck again, hauling melons until he finally chose to "hang 
up" his steering wheel, relatives say.
  In 1955, he received his private pilot’s license.  He ferried a plane from 
Kansas to California, his only cross-county flight.  He was a member of the 
Civil Air Patrol.  During his lifetime, he owned four different planes that 
were hangared at Watts Airport in Woodland.  He was a member of the Aircraft 
Owners and Pilot Association for many years.
   He was awarded a life membership after completing 50 years in the Prince 
Hall Lodge, No. 74, in the Free and Accepted Masons in 1994.  He held a 
Restricted Radiotelephone Operator’s Permit.
  He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Addie Logan Molson of Woodland; 
son, James Taylor Molson, Jr. of Woodland; daughter, Jeannette L. Molson of 
Davis; granddaughter, Michèle Davenport and grandson, William Thomas Davenport, 
both of Davis; brothers-in law, Aaron Logan, Sr. and Roderick Logan, both of 
Woodland, and Carver Logan of San Diego; sisters-in-law, Nellie Lewis of 
Oakland and Lorena Taylor of Woodland; cousins, Reba Armstrong of Philadelphia, 
Eleanor, Helen and Robert Scotland, of Baltimore, Md., Howard Walker of 
Bellwood, Pa., and Elsie Fulbright of Los Angeles and many surrogate sons, 
daughters, grandsons and granddaughters and many nieces and nephews, grand-
nieces, grand-nephews and a host of friends.


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