Dr. Frederick Elden Taylor, 78, ascended to Heaven on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Dr. Taylor was an exceptional man who served as a beloved family physician in the Tampa Bay area for greater than 4 decades. He opened his first office in the 1970s in Tampa, moving to Apollo Beach shortly thereafter to continue his family practice until his retirement in September of 2018. A kind, compassionate and generous man, immensely respected both personally and professionally, he will be greatly missed by this community he has so passionately cared for over the past forty plus years. Though this community received the best of him, he would say he was the one who was blessed to have had this community to care for all of these years. He is survived by his devoted wife, Kay Taylor, and a beautiful, blended, loving family, inclusive of his children Steven (Roberta) Taylor, Suzette (Randall) Davis, Angello Bartolotta, Alisha Bennett, Terese Bartolotta, Christopher (Leana) Taylor, Heather (Nick) Fisher and Kimberly Martin-Bailey, along with his cherished grandchildren, Steven (Mae), Alexandrea, Taylor (David), Randi Jane, Hayden, Giovanni, Brayden, Codey, Miley Hope, Nicholas Frederick and Libby and his treasured siblings, sisters Marylou (Val) Blasius and Sue (Dennis) Browning and brother Bill (Sue) Taylor. We are certain his precious parents, Al and Jane (Mom) Taylor, received him into their loving arms. It is his family's greatest desire that as he resides in Heaven, he is golfing with each sunrise and riding his Harley into every glorious sunset. An open Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, September 7th, 2024, at the First Baptist Church of Ruskin, 820 West College Avenue at 11:00 am with private family fellowship immediately following services. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations offered in his name, directly to an organization deeply close to Dr. Taylor's heart, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Mission, Wimauma, FL, as well as the Lewy Body Dementia Association, Lilburn, GA.