Ms. Melba Ramona Floyd Obituary (1938

Melba Ramona Floyd, 76, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville. She was born in Montrose, Colorado, September 11, 1938, to George Ray and Bertha Modean Smith Hill. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She married Clettis Earl Floyd on March 20, 1958 and were married for 41 years when Clettis passed away on March 24, 1999. She enjoyed quilting, tatting, reading, puzzles, and family history. Funeral services will be held 2:00p.m., Saturday, January 24 at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Wayne Smith officiating and John Larsen delivering the eulogy. Burial and dedication of the grave will be in the Mormon Cemetery. Survivors include four sons, Tom Floyd (Santa) of Savannah, Tenn., Ned Floyd (Dawn), Bob Floyd of Booneville, and Dan Floyd (Pam) of Fort Worth, Tex.; one daughter, Esther Wheat (Mark) of Wichita, Kan.; one brother, Clinton Hill; 23 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and Modean Hill, her husband, Clettis Floyd, and a brother, Tilmon Hill. Pallbearers will be, Max Stephenson, Don Cole, Herman Cole, Alan Stephenson, Elbert Spoon, and Daniel Larsen.