Sarah "Sally" B. Floyd
August 7, 1912 — June 21, 2007
Sarah “Sally” B. Floyd of Hayes Center died Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. She was 94 years old.
Sally was born on August 7, 1912 at Quitman, Arkansas to George Washington and Cora Alice (Thompson) Trawick. She moved to Little Rock in 1928 where she worked as a stenographer until 1942. During World War II she worked for the Maritime Commission in Oakland, CA.
On June 27, 1942, she married Justin Leon Floyd in Los Angeles, CA. To this union three sons were born. They moved to Hayes County in November of 1945 where Sally was a homemaker.
Sally was a member of the Hayes Center Bethel Baptist Church. She was active in the Mary Jane’s Extension Club. Her hobbies included quilting and gardening. She will be missed by her family for her delicious cooking, her laughter and love, her clean house and her devotion to her family.
Preceding her in death were her parents; an infant brother and infant sister; two sisters, Carmen Gunn and Martha Douglas; three brothers, Floyd, Franklin and Dick Trawick; one grandson, Thomas Floyd; and sister-in-law, Pauline, Floyd.
Survivors include her beloved husband of almost 65 years, Justin Floyd of Hayes Center; three sons, Roger Floyd and wife, Loretta, of Hayes Center, Randy Floyd and wife, Elaine, of Sandia Park, NM and Ray Floyd and wife, Marjorie, of Douglas, WY; one sister, Violette Pitchell of Quitman, AR; seven grandchildren, Nicole and husband, DeVern Younger, Andrew Floyd and wife, Josie, Michael Floyd and special friend, Melissa Florom, Stephen Floyd and wife, Tiffani, Dusti and husband, John Boyer, Aaron Floyd and Graham Floyd; and 11 great- grandchildren, Desirré Younger, Chance Younger, Tyrell Younger, Bennett Floyd, Connor Floyd, Garrett Floyd, Dalton Boyer, Markie Boyer, Jayann Floyd, Tesla and Josie Florom.
Memorials may be given in her name.
Funeral services were Monday, June 25, 2007, 10:00 at the Bethel Baptist Church in Hayes Center with Pastor Gaylord DeMoure officiating. Burial took place in the Hayes Center Cemetery.
Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook was in charge of the arrangements.