Retired Washington State University English professor John Chesley âChesâ Taylor passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. He was 85. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Brown-Taylor; his sister, Stuart Massie; his three adult children from his first marriage (to Auda Vargas Taylor, Dec. 1988), William âPepeâ Taylor, Stephanie Taylor-White (both of the greater-Seattle area), and Rogers âRogâ Taylor, of Arlington, Va.; and his grandchildren, Carmen, Olivia, Gabriel, Maya and Faith. Ches was born in 1935 in Edinburg, Texas, to Albert and Alice Taylor. He received his Ph.D...