Taylor formed a publishing company, Kiss Music Co., in the late 1950s. Also a member of ASCAP, "Kiss" was an anagram made from the first letters of Taylor's wife and children's first names. Kiss Music Co. now does business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Taylor's son Stephen resides. His daughter Suzanna died on January 5, 1995, in Wilmington, North Carolina, where her children continue to reside.
