Southeast Indiana Remembering Trucking Executive
(Image Courtesy of Baylor Trucking
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA catalyst for growth for one of Ripley County’s largest employers will be laid to rest Saturday in Milan. Bob Baylor joined his family’s logistics business, Baylor Trucking, in 1975 at a time when it only had a "handful" of trucks. That fleet has now grown to more than 300. Baylor was 67.
The 1970 Hanover College graduate entered the U.S. Army in 1971 and served as a high school teacher and basketball coach before joining the trucking company with his father, Chester, and brother, Steve, a few years later.
Baylor was also a member of the American Trucking Association board of directors and the Truckload Carriers Association executive committee, as well as past chairman of the Indiana Motor Truck Association. He served as a trustee for nine years at Hanover College and was a dedicated volunteer for the charity Wreaths Across America and fundraiser for Victory Junction Camp for children.
Osgood-based Neal’s Funeral Home has announced the following arrangements:
Visitation: October 30 from 4 – 8 p.m. at the Lawrenceburg Event Center
Funeral Services: October 31 at 10:30 a.m. at Hamline United Methodist Church in Lawrenceburg
Burial: St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery in Milan following the funeral service
Memorials may be made to Shriner’s Children Hospital or ALS Therapy Development Institute, www.alstdi.org c/o Bob Baylor Family Memorial.