The local man behind nearly a dozen community hardware stores in Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina has died.
Dawson Taylor, the owner of 11 Taylor’s Do it Centers in our area, passed away on Saturday. He was 103 years old.
In a social media post, Taylor’s Do it Center said many people affectionately knew him as Mr. Taylor. He was a pioneer in the independent hardware industry, and was known to serve his neighbors with kindness and integrity…