University of Alabama student Jonathan Ray Taylor died Thursday, July 12. Taylor, from Saraland, Ala., was 22 years old.

According to a post on al.com, Taylor died in a one-car accident in Gulf Shores early that Thursday morning.

Taylor, a construction engineering major, attended Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala., for two years before transferring to the University of Alabama.

Taylor’s online obituary on the Dignity Memorial website attributes Taylor as being an “avid sportsman” who loved outdoors sports such as hunting and fishing. The obituary described him as “full of life” and as having “loved to make people smile.”

The guestbook for Taylor, kept online for friends and family to post in, was filled with sympathy. Relatives and those who knew Taylor cited his sense of humor and friendly demeanor. He was described as a joy to be around and a blessing to know.

Jonathan Taylor is survived by his parents, Ken and Dorothy Taylor, and his brother, Kevin, along with other family and friends.

Funeral services were held Monday, July 16 at the chapel of Radney Funeral Home in Saraland. Taylor was entombed in the Forest Lawn Mausoleum.