The Carthage Independent School District Alumni Association announced the 2012 inductees that will be honored in the districts Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.

This years inductees are: Kay Lynn Vincent Brumbaugh, class of 1985; JoAnn Hooper Parker, class of 1964; and John Randall Randy Taylor, class of 1971.

The honorees and their families will enjoy a day of festivities at homecoming on October 12. CHS juniors and seniors will be inspired by the lives and accomplishments of these graduates at a school assembly. A reception and program will follow at 4:30 until 6:30 p.m. at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, and everyone is invited. The honorees will be introduced and presented keys to the city during the Carthage Homecoming ceremonies at Bulldog Stadium.

Everyone is encouraged to attend the reception, the ballgame, and the homecoming activities.

Randy Taylor graduated from Carthage High School in 1971. He attended Panola College before entering the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with Honors with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in December 1974. While in college, Randy worked as an intern for the U. S Treasury Department as a national bank examiner. After graduation, Taylor started his career in Houston with the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche as a certified public accountant. He later was vice president of Gulf States Oil & Refining and the executive vice president for Thompson Development.

In December 1981, he founded Taylor Service Company in Carthage. For the next 15 years, the company grew to include six operating locations and was one of the largest privately held saltwater disposal operators in Texas. Randy sold Taylor Service Company in 1996 to Dawson Production Services, now part of Key Energy Services.

After moving to Austin in 2001, Randy remained in the oil & gas industry as an independent investor and disposal well operator. Since 2003, he has been the president and chief executive officer of Pinnergy which has grown to over 750 employees with operating locations in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, covering some of the most active oil and gas regions in the country. Taylor is also involved in numerous other business activities.

Randy is married to Kathy Pierce Taylor, a 1972 Carthage graduate. They have been married 39 years and have three children, all of whom graduated from CHS. Their daughter, Kelly Taylor Simmons, lives in Houston with her husband, Mike Simmons and their son, Pierce Randall Simmons. Randy & Kathys twin sons, Brandon Taylor and Justin Taylor both live in Austin. Justin is married to Jessica Jaynes.

When in Carthage, Randy was an active member of First United Methodist Church, serving as finance chair and together with Kathy, led fundraising efforts for the churchs Capital Building Campaign. Randys community involvement while in Carthage consisted of serving on the Panola General Hospital Board, Panola County Chamber of Commerce Board, president of the Panola County Industrial Foundation Board, and president of the Carthage Noon Lions Club. He supported youth athletics by sponsoring teams as well as serving as coach for soccer and Dixie League baseball. He also served on the board of the Azleway Ranch for Boys outside of Tyler. He continues to be involved in the Carthage community as a member of the Carthage Education Foundations Board of Directors.

Taylor is presently serving on the Capital One Bank Advisory Board for Texas and has served on the committee for the Texas Railroad Commission Regulatory Reform. He and Kathy are members of Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin, recently serving as chairs of the Stewardship Campaign for the church. Randy is a past member of the Endowment Fund and Finance Committee. He and Kathy are major contributors to Dell Childrens Medical Center, St. Davids Foundation Scholarship Program, the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Helping Hand Home for Children, Hospice Austin, and the University of Texas.

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