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66. ALFRED⁷ SOUTHERS (JAMES DILLARD⁶, ANDREW JACKSON JR.⁵ CLARK, ANDREW JACKSON⁴, NELSON H.³, JAMES², CLARK¹) was born December 22, 1896, and died Unknown. He married MARY EDWARDS, daughter of JOHN EDWARDS and MARY. She was born 1894, and died Unknown.

Notes for ALFRED SOUTHERS:
Twilla Kent described Alfred as short, heavyset, resembling Ralph Southers, and a great farmer. She also remembered him having 'the most awesome strawberry patch', as did Roslyn Southers. He lived a few houses above his brother Ed's store in Buena Vista, Virginia. He worked for the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

Children of ALFRED SOUTHERS and MARY EDWARDS are:

ROSS⁸ SOUTHERS, b. October 11, 1915; d. July 18, 1975, Covington, VA; m. VIRGINIA HENSON, Private; b. Private.

More About ROSS SOUTHERS and VIRGINIA HENSON:
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ii.

INFANT SOUTHERS, b. May 28, 1918; d. May 28, 1918.

Notes for INFANT SOUTHERS:
The epitaph on this child's grave reads "Gone But Not Forgotten".

More About INFANT SOUTHERS:
Burial: Unknown, Neriah Baptist Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia

iii.

GLADYS SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. RUSSEL RAMSEY, Private; b. Private.

More About RUSSEL RAMSEY and GLADYS SOUTHERS:
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iv.

ALVA SOUTHERS, b. Private.

67. LEVI⁷ SOUTHERS (JAMES DILLARD⁶, ANDREW JACKSON JR.⁵ CLARK, ANDREW JACKSON⁴, NELSON H.³, JAMES², CLARK¹) was born April 01, 1897, and died October 22, 1968. He married (1) JULIA MAYS October 25, 1916 in Rockbridge Co. VA, daughter of GEORGE MAYS and SARAH CLARK. She was born 1896, and died Unknown. He married (2) GEORGIANA MASON June 17, 1921, daughter of JAMES MASON and MARY STATON. She was born July 18, 1902, and died August 11, 1975 in Buena Vista, VA.

More About LEVI SOUTHERS:
Burial: Unknown, Neriah Baptist Church in Rockbridge County

Notes for JULIA MAYS:
Roslyn Southers recalls hearing that Julia, said to be part Indian, was often put off by Levi's drinking. Once, when she was pregnant, Levi came home drunk and threatened to wrap a snake around her neck. She told him that if he did, she would leave him. Shortly thereafter, she did indeed, going 'back to her people'. Whatever became of the child she carried is unknown. It could possibly be James Henry Southers was her son.

Roslyn Southers recalls being told that Julia was beautiful.

More About LEVI SOUTHERS and JULIA MAYS:
Marriage: October 25, 1916, Rockbridge Co. VA

Notes for GEORGIANA MASON:
Roslyn Southers recalls that Georgia was Indian. Angular and tall, skinny, with sharp features

More About LEVI SOUTHERS and GEORGIANA MASON:
Marriage: June 17, 1921

Children of LEVI SOUTHERS and GEORGIANA MASON are:

JAMES HENRY⁸ SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. MINNIE HENSON, Private; b. February 26, 1923; d. May 09, 1999, Buena Vista, VA.

More About JAMES SOUTHERS and MINNIE HENSON:
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ii.

FRANCES SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. OBIN SHAFER, Private; b. Private.

More About OBIN SHAFER and FRANCES SOUTHERS:
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iii.

BERNICE SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. GILBERT MAJORS, Private; b. Private.

More About GILBERT MAJORS and BERNICE SOUTHERS:
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iv.

GEORGIANA SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. ? RULEY, Private; b. Private.

More About ? RULEY and GEORGIANA SOUTHERS:
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68. ROBERT HENRY⁷ FLOYD (MARY ELLEN⁶ SOUTHERS, ANDREW JACKSON JR.⁵ CLARK, ANDREW JACKSON⁴, NELSON H.³, JAMES², CLARK¹) was born July 14, 1898 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died September 07, 1993 in Shenandoah Valley Health Care Center, VA. He married JULIA HARTLESS, daughter of JOHN HARTLESS and MELINDA SORRELLS. She was born May 06, 1894 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died July 31, 1972 in Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington, VA.

Notes for ROBERT HENRY FLOYD:
Obit:

Robert Henry Floyd, 95, of Rt 1., Buena Vista, died Tuesday September 7, at Shenandoah Valley Health Care Center.
He was born in Rockbridge County on July 14, 1898, the son of the late James Marion Floyd and Mary Ellen Southers Floyd. He was married to the late Julia Hartless Floyd, and was a member of the McCutchen Presbyterian Church. He was a retired beef farmer.
Survivors include nine daughters Bertha Landefeld, Alice Myers, and Magdelene Traster all of Columbus, Ohio; Gladys Little and Louise Weber both of Gahanna, Ohio; Meta Loudermilk of Akron, Ohio; Mildres Stickley of Starkville, Miss; Eula Wade of Richboro, PA; and Peggy Blankenship of Carmichael; one brother Joseph Floyd of Buena Vista; two sisters Margaret Harris of Columbus and Grace Mutispaugh of Roanoke; 18 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral was help on Friday Sept, 10, at Bolling Grose & Lots Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Lee V. Ruckman. Burial followed in Green Hill Cemetery.

More About ROBERT HENRY FLOYD:
Burial: September 10, 1993, Green Hill Cemetery, Buena Vista, VA

More About JULIA HARTLESS:
Burial: Unknown, Green Hill Cemetery, Buena Vista, VA

Children are listed above under (59) Julia Hartless.

69. CATHERINE PHOEBE⁷ FLOYD (MARY ELLEN⁶ SOUTHERS, ANDREW JACKSON JR.⁵ CLARK, ANDREW JACKSON⁴, NELSON H.³, JAMES², CLARK¹) was born 1904, and died Unknown. She married JOE ROADCAP. He died Unknown.

Children of CATHERINE FLOYD and JOE ROADCAP are:

	i.		DOROTHY⁸ ROADCAP, b. Private.
	ii.		CHARLIE ROADCAP, b. Private.

70. JAMES MARION⁷ FLOYD (MARY ELLEN⁶ SOUTHERS, ANDREW JACKSON JR.⁵ CLARK, ANDREW JACKSON⁴, NELSON H.³, JAMES², CLARK¹) was born September 21, 1913 in Buena Vista, VA, and died July 05, 1990 in Buena Vista, VA. He married GLADYS THACKER Private. She was born Private.

More About JAMES FLOYD and GLADYS THACKER:
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Children of JAMES FLOYD and GLADYS THACKER are:

	i.		NINITA⁸ FLOYD, b. Private.
116.	ii.		JAMES MARION FLOYD, b. Private.

71. JOHN DANIEL⁷ FLOYD (MARY ELLEN⁶ SOUTHERS, ANDREW JACKSON JR.⁵ CLARK, ANDREW JACKSON⁴, NELSON H.³, JAMES², CLARK¹) was born September 21, 1913, and died September 1955. He married MILDRED CLARK November 19, 1934, daughter of ARTHUR CLARK and DELIA CLARK. She was born 1918, and died January 01, 1999 in Garden Grove, California.

Notes for JOHN DANIEL FLOYD:
John worked in West VA for some time and then for Decker Chevrolet in Buena Vista, VA with his brother Joe Floyd. He then worked for Buena Vista Ready Mix driving a concrete turck.

He started feeling bad and come home from work one day and told the family that he needed to go see a doctor. This was unusual because he hated going to the doctor. He died 2 weeks later from colon cancer. (story from a conversation with Ken Floyd - John's son)

More About JOHN FLOYD and MILDRED CLARK:
Marriage: November 19, 1934

Children are listed above under (44) Mildred Clark.

72. JOSEPH WILLIAM⁷ FLOYD (MARY ELLEN⁶ SOUTHERS, ANDREW JACKSON JR.⁵ CLARK, ANDREW JACKSON⁴, NELSON H.³, JAMES², CLARK¹) was born June 13, 1916 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died November 19, 2003 in Buena Vista, VA. He married LONNIE MAE RILEY Private, daughter of JOHN RILEY and ROSA PLOGGER. She was born Private.

Notes for JOSEPH WILLIAM FLOYD:
November 25, 2003

Know as Grandaddy Joe by all of his grandchildren and Joe by friends and family. He was retired from Reeves Bros. in Buena Vista VA.
He was always tinkering in his workshop / garage. He at one tine worked for a Chevrolet dealership as a mechanic. He was also a welder. He worked for a cup factory in Buena Vista years ago. I think he was a maintenance technician for the cup factory. He always told me stories about repairing the cup machine that inserted the bottoms in to the paper cups and how he learned to weld aluminum there. He later worked at Reeves Bros. in Buena Vista. I am not sure of his position, but I assume it was in maintenance as well. He talked about working with engineers and building equipment for production there. I always saw him in blue work pants, blue work shirt, and blue hat. It was his uniform. The only time he dressed differently was when he went to church. He planted a garden every year and I remember his growing corn, green beans, strawberries, cantalope and so on. He would work in his garage and repair washers and dryers, then he switched for repairing lawn mowers and tractors. As a child I remember his wearing his dress blues and he would have grease under his nails. He would rinse the grease from his hands with gasoline and I remember his eating wintergreen lifesavers. I can still smell the gas and lifesavers. He was a rather small man physically, but he had a big heart and you could count on him.

He always had a story to tell and enjoyed telling story after story after story when company visited. He had a great sense of humor and enjoyed hearing and telling good jokes.

In 2003, grandaddy Joe got sick. The doctors said that he had cancer on his lungs and he had had a heart attack that damaged a good portion of his heart. Earlier the previous year he had a stroke in the garage while working. All of this didn't slow him down much. He continued to go to work in his garage as long as he could. When the time was close for him to be called to heaven he talked with all of his children about going to heaven. He told them that he was a saved man and that he wanted all of his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on to become saved because he wanted them to meet him in heaven when their time came.

We all loved grandaddy Joe and I will miss him until I see him again.

Troy Floyd

Joe worked for Decker Chevrolet in Buena Vista, VA for some time and then worked at the local cup factory in maintenance until he was employed by Reeves Brothers as a maintenance tech. there in town.

Joe was a small man in stature. He was probably about 5'7" or 5'8" and weighed in at a massive 110lbs soaking wet.

Joe went to church regurally and participated in church activities. He played the guitar and several other instruments.

Joe was a big Nascar fan. When Joe was younger and his sons adults, they went in together and built a race car and raced it out at Natural Bridge raceway. It was a dirt track.

Obit. from Rockbridge Weekly:

Joseph W. Floyd

Reeves Brothers Retiree Dies At Age 87

Joseph W. Floyd, 87, of Buena Vista, died Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at his home.

Mr. Floyd was born on June 13, 1916 in Rockbridge County and was the last surviving child of the late James Floyd and Mary Southers Floyd.

He was a member of the Calvary Brethren Church in Buena Vista and was retired from Reeves Brothers with 18 years of service.

He was preceded in death by one grandchild, one great grandchild, four sisters and five brothers.

Mr. Floyd is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lonnie Mae Riley Floyd of Buena Vista; four daughters: Shirley F. Reid and husband James, Joyce F. Sorrells and husband Walter and Linda M. Floyd, all of Buena Vista; Mary F. Horne and husband Bobby of Verona and two sons: William E. Floyd and wife Elaine of Buena Vista; and Larry H. Floyd of Newport News.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 21, 2003 at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Chapel with Rev. Rick Ramsey, Rev. Dean Staton and Rev. Larry Coleman officiating. Burial will follow in the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Service, Buena Vista.

More About JOSEPH WILLIAM FLOYD:
Burial: November 21, 2003, Rockbridge Memorial Gardens
Retirement: Retired from Reeves Bros.

More About JOSEPH FLOYD and LONNIE RILEY:
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Children of JOSEPH FLOYD and LONNIE RILEY are:

117.	i.	SHIRLEY MARIE⁸ FLOYD, b. Private.
118.	ii.	JOYCE ANN FLOYD, b. Private.
119.	iii.	WILLIAM "BILL" EUGENE FLOYD, b. Private.
120.	iv.	LARRY HOUSTON FLOYD, b. Private.
121.	v.	LINDA MAE FLOYD, b. Private.
122.	vi.	MARY ALICE FLOYD, b. Private.

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