Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 8, 1993 TAG: 9309080380
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BUENA VISTA LENGTH: Short
OBIT FLOYD, ROBERT HENRY
FLOYD, Robert Henry, 95, of Buena Vista, died Tuesday, September 7, 1993 in
the Shenandoah Valley Health Care Center, Buena Vista. Mr. Floyd was born on
July 14, 1898, in Rockbridge County, Va., a son of the late James Marion Floyd
and Mary Ellen Southers Floyd. He was a member of the McCutchen Presbyterian
Church and a retired beef farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Julia
Hartless Floyd and a son, Earl Houston Floyd. Surviving are nine daughters,
Bertha F. Landefeld, Columbus, Ohio, Gladys F. Little, Gahanna, Ohio, Meta F.
Loudermilk, Akron Ohio, Alice F. Myers, Columbus, Ohio, Louise F. Weber,
Gahanna, Ohio, Magdalene F. Traster, Columbus, Ohio, Mildred F. Stickley,
Starkville, Miss., Eula F. Wade, Richboro, Penn., and Peggy F. Blankenship,
Carmichael, Calif; two sisters, Margaret Harris, Columbus, Ohio, Grace
Mutispaugh, Roanoke; one brother, Joseph Floyd, Buena Vista; eighteen
grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 10, 1993 at 2 p.m. at the
Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Lee V. Ruckman officiating.
Burial to follow in the Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends
Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Service.
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