City of Taylor Council
Marcus Davis
City Council, Place 1
Jerry Kelly
City Council, Place 2
Sharon Loff
City Council, Place 3
Sharon Loff is newly elected to the Taylor City Council. She has been a resident of Taylor since 1990 with her husband of 33 years, Andy. She currently works with Dothan Behavioral Medicine Clinic and this year will mark her 39th year as a Registered Nurse, specializing in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care. Andy is a District Manager for Snyder’s Lance. They are very proud parents of two children, Samantha Loff Krietemeyer (husband Stephen) and Colby Loff. Samantha is a teacher with the Daleville City School System and Colby is a 3rd year ER Resident in Norman, Oklahoma.
Merritt Carothers
City Council, Place 4
Merritt Carothers has served our city as councilman since 2008. Throughout his service, he has been fortunate to aid in the advancement of numerous community operations, like the expansion of the Taylor City Park and the resurfacing of the Taylor Made Festival.
Merritt graduated from Dothan High School in 1984. Following graduation, he attended Wallace Community College and Troy University, Dothan. During that time, Carothers answered the call to serve his country through the Alabama Army National Guard. Sergeant First Class Carothers completed twenty years in the 131st Armor Battalion of the National Guard as a Platoon Sergeant and Tank Commander, earning him full veteran honors. Since his retirement from the National Guard in 2006, he remains in the inactive ready reserves. Currently, Merritt works on the defense contract at Fort Rucker as an Armament Technician, a position he has held since 1985.
Merritt is a member of First United Methodist Church in Dothan, the same place he and his wife, Paula, were married in 1992. The couple has two children, Zachary and Katherine, both of whom are proud alumnus of Auburn University.
Kenny Thompson
City Council, Place 5
Kenneth (Kenny) Thompson, Jr has served the citizens of Taylor as councilman since 2012. He has a B.S. in Sports and Fitness Management from Troy University and has been employed in public recreation for nearly 19 years. Kenny has been married to his lovely wife Traci for 13 years and they have two children, Sara Kate (11) and Tripp (6.)
Kenny is very active in both a district and state level in the Alabama Recreation and Parks Association. He and his family are active members of Bay Springs Baptists Church where he serves as co-teacher of a couples Sunday School class and a Royal Ambassador class.