Director

Eric Johnson is one of our funeral directors and received his degree in funeral services with honors from St. Petersburg College in 2010. Eric came to Larry Taylor Funeral and Cremation Services in 2009 while in college and he completed his internship under the leadership and supervision of Larry and Micah. He was born in Wisconsin and moved with his family to Southwest Michigan at the age of 14. Eric became a resident of Southwest Florida in 2004 for the same reasons that many of our community have come to our area, to escape the cold and snow. Introduced to the funeral business at an early age, he has a great appreciation for honoring life and serving families in this community. His expertise in creating meaningful celebrations of life has been quite impressive. He thinks outside the box and helps families celebrate the lives of their loved ones in very creative ways. Larry planned for Eric to partner with him as he reached retirement age and when he retired, wanted Eric to carry on the business and be there for our community in helping them to “celebrate a life well lived”. After the sudden death of our founder in April of 2019, Eric and his wife Carolyn began their journey of carrying on Larry’s legacy while creating their own.  On July 1st, 2019, Eric and Carolyn Purchased the funeral home from Marian and on September 4th, 2019, officially changed the name of the funeral home to Johnson-Taylor Funeral & Cremation.

Eric is a retired Airline Pilot as well as a Flight instructor and has become well known for his knowledge of antique clocks. Antiques such as clocks, coins, watches and cars are included in his wide range of hobbies. Some people say you cannot have too many hobbies…well, Eric is testing that theory. When Eric is not in the office, you can find him out and about in our community supporting local sports teams and charities, metal detecting, perusing antique shops, coin shops and cruising into car shows. He has been a Green Bay Packers fan since birth and enjoys spending time with his family rooting them on. He is married to Carolyn and lives in Punta Gorda. They have 6 wonderful children, Austin, Lauren, Ashton, Blake, Brendan and Eric II.