2007 Rose Festival Escort: Taylor Williamson Starnes
Taylor Williamson Starnes
Taylor Williamson Starnes, son of Dr. and Mrs. Doyle D. Starnes Jr. of Tyler, is a sophomore majoring in Business in the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Starnes is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society and the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. He was the recipient of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Academic Achievement Award for fall 2006.
Starnes is a 2006 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School of Tyler, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was a three-year member and letterman of the Robert E. Lee Boys varsity golf team. Starnes is a member of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler.
Family members who have participated in past Rose Festivals include his mother, Beth Lilly Starnes, Queen's Coronation, Dressing Room Volunteer, Queen's Coronation Back Stage Volunteer, 1991 Rose Show Volunteer, 1995 Queen's Ball Committee, 1999 Queen's Tea Refreshment volunteer, 2003 Queen's Dresser for niece, Rose Festival Queen Elizabeth Arlene Lilly, 2006 Queen's Tea Committee member; uncle, Roy Hershell Lilly, 1975, 1976 Escort and Member of the Order of the Rose; aunt, Ann Johnson Lilly, 1975 lady-in-waiting, 1990 Rose Reflections Style Show Chairman, 1993 Wardrobe chairman, co-chaired and has served on various Rose Festival Committees; cousins, Elizabeth Arlene Lilly, 2003 Rose Festival Queen and Margaret Ann Lilly, 1998 Scepter Bearer to Rose Festival Queen Meredith Patterson and 2007 Lady-in-Waiting.
Tyler relatives include his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lilly; aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lilly; grandmother, Mrs. Doyle D. Starnes, Sr.; cousins Margaret Ann Lilly and Elizabeth Arlene Lilly; as well as Miss Mildred Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Don Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lilly, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thigpen. Starnes is escorting Lady-in-Waiting Kathryn Hirsch Adams.
Starnes is a 2006 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School of Tyler, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was a three-year member and letterman of the Robert E. Lee Boys varsity golf team. Starnes is a member of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler.
Family members who have participated in past Rose Festivals include his mother, Beth Lilly Starnes, Queen's Coronation, Dressing Room Volunteer, Queen's Coronation Back Stage Volunteer, 1991 Rose Show Volunteer, 1995 Queen's Ball Committee, 1999 Queen's Tea Refreshment volunteer, 2003 Queen's Dresser for niece, Rose Festival Queen Elizabeth Arlene Lilly, 2006 Queen's Tea Committee member; uncle, Roy Hershell Lilly, 1975, 1976 Escort and Member of the Order of the Rose; aunt, Ann Johnson Lilly, 1975 lady-in-waiting, 1990 Rose Reflections Style Show Chairman, 1993 Wardrobe chairman, co-chaired and has served on various Rose Festival Committees; cousins, Elizabeth Arlene Lilly, 2003 Rose Festival Queen and Margaret Ann Lilly, 1998 Scepter Bearer to Rose Festival Queen Meredith Patterson and 2007 Lady-in-Waiting.
Tyler relatives include his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lilly; aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lilly; grandmother, Mrs. Doyle D. Starnes, Sr.; cousins Margaret Ann Lilly and Elizabeth Arlene Lilly; as well as Miss Mildred Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Don Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lilly, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thigpen. Starnes is escorting Lady-in-Waiting Kathryn Hirsch Adams.






