About

Dee Dee Taylor was born in Middletown, Ohio.  She graduated from Lebanon High School and attended The College of Mount St. Joseph. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Paralegal Studies and had an exemplary career in Ohio and Kentucky as a paralegal/office manager.  She became a permanent resident to Middletown, Kentucky in 2010 to be with her now husband, John Taylor and his daughter (now her daughter, as well).  Her family jokes about leaving Middletown, only to be living in Middletown. 

Dee Dee’s husband, John, suffers from Grand Mal seizures.  No explanation as to why and he wasn’t born with them.  2010 was the height of his debilitating episodes.  After a horrific episode, Dee Dee urged her husband to find a natural alternative.  The pharmaceutical drugs were not working and the side effects were horrible.  Her husband traveled out west and learned about CBD oils and began to use the products.  His seizures immediately stopped and he went 5 years seizure free.  He has only had 8 seizures in 13 years.  He started making his medication at home and then in 2014 when Kentucky started their Hemp Pilot program, John and his partner were one of the first to be licensed as a hemp processor.  They have been in business ever since making quality, safe products with Kentucky Hemp. 

Dee Dee began taking the oil herself for debilitating anxiety and panic attacks in 2016 and noticed an overall improved quality of life.  She decided to switch career paths to focus full time on the hemp business and helping others. She started setting up a booth at fairs and festivals around town as KY Beauty and Wellness.  She didn’t set out to be in the alternative medicine field, but has found her calling and passion.  Dee Dee truly loves to learn about new advances in hemp and loves to help others find relief through quality products.  She also partners with other local companies to formulate other quality items using John’s extracts. 

Dee Dee owns 502 Hemp Wellness Center, Louisville's premier hemp boutique and recently opened 812 Hemp in Clarksville, IN. Dee Dee is excited to grow into Southern Indiana and offer her expertise to the local community with safe, quality, reliable products.

In 2022, Dee Dee was appointed by Governor Beshear to his Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee and continues her cannabis advocacy as an honorary board member to KY Moms for Medical Cannabis. Dee Dee also sits on the Board for the Kentucky Hemp Association and is on the Advisory Board for the St. Matthews Chamber as well.

On September 21, 2022, Dee Dee was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel for her advocacy work in the cannabis industry and advocating for legal hemp products and restrictions on Delta 8 products instead of an all out ban.

Dee Dee was honored to be awarded the 2023 Entrepreneur Boom Award from the Jeffersontown Chamber. She was also nominated in 2023 as a Most Admired Woman with Today's Woman.

In 2019, Dee Dee was awarded the Strong Woman Leader Award by the Prospect Chamber and was recognized as the Top 20 People to Know in the Health Care industry in Louisville's Business First, January 2019 edition.

502 Hemp was recognized as a runner up for the Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for Ethics in 2023. In 2022, 502 Hemp won Business of the Year and the 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award by the Prospect Chamber. 502 Hemp also won the 2022 Leo' Reader's Choice award for Best CBD Oil and the Best of the Best from the Courier Journal.

In 2021 Leo Reader's Choice award for Best Place to Buy CBD and Best of the Best from the Courier Journal. 502 Hemp also won the 2020 Leo Reader's Choice Award for Best CBD Oil and Best CBD oil and 2019 Leo Reader's Choice award for Best Place to Buy CBD oil, Best CBD Oil and Best New Store/Business in Louisville. 502 Hemp was chosen as the 2021 and 2020 Neighborhood Favorite in Nextdoor.

502 Hemp is also the Official Hemp/CBD Product Partner for the Kentucky Derby Festival for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Dee Dee is honored to be in this industry of helping others with cannabis products. She proudly claims, whether you are in Louisville or Clarksville, we have you covered in both the Ville's and everywhere else in between!

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