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. Thousands helped by his rescue mission The Rev. Cecil Samuel Taylor, who died Thursday at age 78, spent the better part of his adult life helping Cum berland’s homeless and indigent population. He began the Union Rescue Mission in 1963, opening up in the old Hammersmith Restaurant building on Front Street. In those days, there were only a few beds and a chapel — but it was enough to give help to the transient men and women who passed through Cumberland, many via the BO Railroad at the nearby Queen City Station. The Union Rescue Mission still stands today, but it has expanded and remodeled and in 1995 it was rededicated as the Hope House and New Life Inn. Rev. Mr. Taylor liked to call it the “Doorway to hope at the gateway to the west.” Thousands have been helped over the more than three decades the rescue mission has operated. Last year, the mission gave shelter to between 300 and 400 people and served about 50,000 meals. At Christmas, New Year’s, Easter and the Fourth of July, Rev. Mr. Taylor, his wife, Janie, and son Dan Taylor, have fed the homeless and the less fortunate, opening the mission for some “good old country cookin.’ ” Rev. Mr. Taylor invited everyone in his ads in the Times-News, stating: “Y’ail c’mon down — and bring the young’uns.” Rev. Mr. Taylor was ordained by the Southern Baptist Convention in July 1949 and spent the rest of his life thinking not of himself, but of others. Nearly every week, someone comes back to the mission or writes to say that the rescue mission changed their life for the better. We extend sympathy to the Taylor family. At the same time, the community can find comfort in knowing that Mrs. Taylor and son Dan will continue the mission that was so important to Cecil L. Taylor.
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Cumberland Times News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Jan 20, 1996
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