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40. JOHN DANIEL⁵ FLOYD (MARY ELLEN⁴ SOUTHERS, PHOEBE L.³, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) 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 of JOHN FLOYD and MILDRED CLARK are:

	i.	CLYDE HUDSON "MOODY"⁶ FLOYD, b. Private.
	ii.	DELORES JEAN FLOYD, b. Private.
	iii.	LYLE ARTHUR FLOYD, b. Private.
76.	iv.	ROGER DALE FLOYD, b. Private.
77.	v.	WARREN ALLEN FLOYD, b. July 13, 1935; d. February 15, 1996, Rocklyn, California.
78.	vi.	KENNETH WADE FLOYD, b. Private.

41. JOSEPH WILLIAM⁵ FLOYD (MARY ELLEN⁴ SOUTHERS, PHOEBE L.³, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) 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:
Private-Begin: Private

Children of JOSEPH FLOYD and LONNIE RILEY are:

79.	i.	SHIRLEY MARIE⁶ FLOYD, b. Private.
80.	ii.	JOYCE ANN FLOYD, b. Private.
81.	iii.	WILLIAM "BILL" EUGENE FLOYD, b. Private.
82.	iv.	LARRY HOUSTON FLOYD, b. Private.
83.	v.	LINDA MAE FLOYD, b. Private.
84.	vi.	MARY ALICE FLOYD, b. Private.

42. AGNES ETTA⁵ CLARK (ADA⁴, NANCY M.³ SOUTHERS, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born August 31, 1911 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died July 24, 1984. She married HERBERT GOLDEN CLARK March 28, 1929 in Rockbridge Co. VA, son of WILLIAM CLARK and CHRISTINA SOUTHERS. He was born January 08, 1909 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died Unknown in Lexington, VA.

More About HERBERT GOLDEN CLARK:
Burial: Unknown, Mt. Zion Community Cemetery, Irisk Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA

More About HERBERT CLARK and AGNES CLARK:
Marriage: March 28, 1929, Rockbridge Co. VA

Children are listed above under (25) Herbert Golden Clark.

43. ADOLPHUS "DOLPH" WADE⁵ CLARK (WILLIAM MCDOWELL⁴, NANCY M.³ SOUTHERS, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born April 27, 1907 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died February 20, 1982 in Rockbridge Co, VA. He married SALLY CLARK October 10, 1929 in Rockbridge Co. VA, daughter of WILLIAM CLARK and CHRISTINA SOUTHERS. She was born September 13, 1913 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died February 21, 1995.

More About ADOLPHUS CLARK and SALLY CLARK:
Marriage: October 10, 1929, Rockbridge Co. VA

Children are listed above under (26) Sally Clark.

44. RUBY⁵ CLARK (SAMUEL⁴, NANCY M.³ SOUTHERS, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born Private. She married RAYMOND M. CLARK Private, son of BUD CLARK and MARY COLEMAN. He was born Private.

More About RAYMOND CLARK and RUBY CLARK:
Private-Begin: Private

Child of RUBY CLARK and RAYMOND CLARK is:

85.

RAYMOND "RAY"⁶ CLARK, b. Private.

45. RUBY⁵ FLOYD (SUZANNA⁴ SORRELLS, MARY JOSEPHINE³ SOUTHERS, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born Private. She married (1) EARL KERNS Private. He was born Private. She married (2) ALBERT DOOLITTLE Private. He was born Private.

More About EARL KERNS and RUBY FLOYD:
Private-Begin: Private

More About ALBERT DOOLITTLE and RUBY FLOYD:
Private-Begin: Private

Child of RUBY FLOYD and EARL KERNS is:

RICKY⁶ KERNS, b. Private.

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