The Pike County Journal
Friday, November 5, 1937
Mrs. Walter Floyd Buried in Forsyth
Mrs. Mary Banks Floyd, 79, died at the home of her son-in-law, C. R. Gwyn here Sunday morning. Mrs. Floyd was the wife of the late Walter B. Floyd who died two years ago. Her parents were Elbert and Frances Banks, Pioneer citizens of Monroe county. She was reared in that county and spent most of her married life there. She and her husband moved to Zebulon about ten years ago when failing health caused his retirement from business.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday by Rev. Roy Owens, assisted by Rev. J. A. Griffies, from the Tabernacle church at Brent. Burial was at Forsyth.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, of Zebulon; Mrs. F. H. Wilson, of Griffin; Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter Floyd, of Brent. – Atlanta Journal Sunday morning when the sad news of Mrs. Walter B Floyd's passing away was known, there was deep sorrow in every home.
Though Zebulon was only her adopted home, she having lived here but a few years, yet she made herself one with our people, entering into our joys and sharing our sorrows – always deeply interested in all that pertained to the welfare and improvement of the community. She took a grandmotherly interest in little children and they liked to hover about her knee. Young folks came to her with their problems and ambitions, finding always a wise counselor. Today a mother remarked to me, "I always felt uplifted in her presence. Now I shall miss her companionship and kindly sympathy." Yet always she was the same modest gentlewoman of the old South, courteous, sincere, and ladylike.
Mrs. Lloyd, before her marriage was Miss Mary Banks of Monroe county. Her parents were Elbert J. and Frances Banks, persons who stood for the noble things of life. Her father, though blind from boyhood, managed a large farm and accumulated property, and a man of influence in his county and church. She married Walter B. Floyd almost 60 years ago, and through the years they walked together in congenial companionship – only last year he passed on before her. They made their home on a plantation near Brent and Monroe county, where they reared their family of five children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, Mrs. F. H. Wilson of Griffin, Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter L. Floyd of Brent, and Mrs. B. T. Banks of Forsyth who died this year.
She and her husband moved to Zebulon a few years ago, when failing health caused his retirement from business. Monday afternoon many friends from Zebulon and Monroe gathered with the relatives at all Tabernacle church near Brent, where, for long years, she and Mr. Floyd had been members. There the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Owen of Danielville, a special friend of the family. He was assisted by her pastor, Rev. J. A. Griffies, and Rev. Jack Bridges of the Zebulon Baptist Church. She was buried in Forsyth beside her husband and daughter. Though gone, she will live on in the hearts of Zebulon's people.
Friday, November 5, 1937
Mrs. Walter Floyd Buried in Forsyth
Mrs. Mary Banks Floyd, 79, died at the home of her son-in-law, C. R. Gwyn here Sunday morning. Mrs. Floyd was the wife of the late Walter B. Floyd who died two years ago. Her parents were Elbert and Frances Banks, Pioneer citizens of Monroe county. She was reared in that county and spent most of her married life there. She and her husband moved to Zebulon about ten years ago when failing health caused his retirement from business.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday by Rev. Roy Owens, assisted by Rev. J. A. Griffies, from the Tabernacle church at Brent. Burial was at Forsyth.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, of Zebulon; Mrs. F. H. Wilson, of Griffin; Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter Floyd, of Brent. – Atlanta Journal Sunday morning when the sad news of Mrs. Walter B Floyd's passing away was known, there was deep sorrow in every home.
Though Zebulon was only her adopted home, she having lived here but a few years, yet she made herself one with our people, entering into our joys and sharing our sorrows – always deeply interested in all that pertained to the welfare and improvement of the community. She took a grandmotherly interest in little children and they liked to hover about her knee. Young folks came to her with their problems and ambitions, finding always a wise counselor. Today a mother remarked to me, "I always felt uplifted in her presence. Now I shall miss her companionship and kindly sympathy." Yet always she was the same modest gentlewoman of the old South, courteous, sincere, and ladylike.
Mrs. Lloyd, before her marriage was Miss Mary Banks of Monroe county. Her parents were Elbert J. and Frances Banks, persons who stood for the noble things of life. Her father, though blind from boyhood, managed a large farm and accumulated property, and a man of influence in his county and church. She married Walter B. Floyd almost 60 years ago, and through the years they walked together in congenial companionship – only last year he passed on before her. They made their home on a plantation near Brent and Monroe county, where they reared their family of five children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, Mrs. F. H. Wilson of Griffin, Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter L. Floyd of Brent, and Mrs. B. T. Banks of Forsyth who died this year.
She and her husband moved to Zebulon a few years ago, when failing health caused his retirement from business. Monday afternoon many friends from Zebulon and Monroe gathered with the relatives at all Tabernacle church near Brent, where, for long years, she and Mr. Floyd had been members. There the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Owen of Danielville, a special friend of the family. He was assisted by her pastor, Rev. J. A. Griffies, and Rev. Jack Bridges of the Zebulon Baptist Church. She was buried in Forsyth beside her husband and daughter. Though gone, she will live on in the hearts of Zebulon's people.
The Pike County Journal
Friday, November 5, 1937
Mrs. Walter Floyd Buried in Forsyth
Mrs. Mary Banks Floyd, 79, died at the home of her son-in-law, C. R. Gwyn here Sunday morning. Mrs. Floyd was the wife of the late Walter B. Floyd who died two years ago. Her parents were Elbert and Frances Banks, Pioneer citizens of Monroe county. She was reared in that county and spent most of her married life there. She and her husband moved to Zebulon about ten years ago when failing health caused his retirement from business.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday by Rev. Roy Owens, assisted by Rev. J. A. Griffies, from the Tabernacle church at Brent. Burial was at Forsyth.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, of Zebulon; Mrs. F. H. Wilson, of Griffin; Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter Floyd, of Brent. – Atlanta Journal Sunday morning when the sad news of Mrs. Walter B Floyd's passing away was known, there was deep sorrow in every home.
Though Zebulon was only her adopted home, she having lived here but a few years, yet she made herself one with our people, entering into our joys and sharing our sorrows – always deeply interested in all that pertained to the welfare and improvement of the community. She took a grandmotherly interest in little children and they liked to hover about her knee. Young folks came to her with their problems and ambitions, finding always a wise counselor. Today a mother remarked to me, "I always felt uplifted in her presence. Now I shall miss her companionship and kindly sympathy." Yet always she was the same modest gentlewoman of the old South, courteous, sincere, and ladylike.
Mrs. Lloyd, before her marriage was Miss Mary Banks of Monroe county. Her parents were Elbert J. and Frances Banks, persons who stood for the noble things of life. Her father, though blind from boyhood, managed a large farm and accumulated property, and a man of influence in his county and church. She married Walter B. Floyd almost 60 years ago, and through the years they walked together in congenial companionship – only last year he passed on before her. They made their home on a plantation near Brent and Monroe county, where they reared their family of five children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, Mrs. F. H. Wilson of Griffin, Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter L. Floyd of Brent, and Mrs. B. T. Banks of Forsyth who died this year.
She and her husband moved to Zebulon a few years ago, when failing health caused his retirement from business. Monday afternoon many friends from Zebulon and Monroe gathered with the relatives at all Tabernacle church near Brent, where, for long years, she and Mr. Floyd had been members. There the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Owen of Danielville, a special friend of the family. He was assisted by her pastor, Rev. J. A. Griffies, and Rev. Jack Bridges of the Zebulon Baptist Church. She was buried in Forsyth beside her husband and daughter. Though gone, she will live on in the hearts of Zebulon's people.
Friday, November 5, 1937
Mrs. Walter Floyd Buried in Forsyth
Mrs. Mary Banks Floyd, 79, died at the home of her son-in-law, C. R. Gwyn here Sunday morning. Mrs. Floyd was the wife of the late Walter B. Floyd who died two years ago. Her parents were Elbert and Frances Banks, Pioneer citizens of Monroe county. She was reared in that county and spent most of her married life there. She and her husband moved to Zebulon about ten years ago when failing health caused his retirement from business.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday by Rev. Roy Owens, assisted by Rev. J. A. Griffies, from the Tabernacle church at Brent. Burial was at Forsyth.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, of Zebulon; Mrs. F. H. Wilson, of Griffin; Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter Floyd, of Brent. – Atlanta Journal Sunday morning when the sad news of Mrs. Walter B Floyd's passing away was known, there was deep sorrow in every home.
Though Zebulon was only her adopted home, she having lived here but a few years, yet she made herself one with our people, entering into our joys and sharing our sorrows – always deeply interested in all that pertained to the welfare and improvement of the community. She took a grandmotherly interest in little children and they liked to hover about her knee. Young folks came to her with their problems and ambitions, finding always a wise counselor. Today a mother remarked to me, "I always felt uplifted in her presence. Now I shall miss her companionship and kindly sympathy." Yet always she was the same modest gentlewoman of the old South, courteous, sincere, and ladylike.
Mrs. Lloyd, before her marriage was Miss Mary Banks of Monroe county. Her parents were Elbert J. and Frances Banks, persons who stood for the noble things of life. Her father, though blind from boyhood, managed a large farm and accumulated property, and a man of influence in his county and church. She married Walter B. Floyd almost 60 years ago, and through the years they walked together in congenial companionship – only last year he passed on before her. They made their home on a plantation near Brent and Monroe county, where they reared their family of five children, Mrs. C. R. Gwyn, Mrs. F. H. Wilson of Griffin, Mrs. T. G. Scott and Walter L. Floyd of Brent, and Mrs. B. T. Banks of Forsyth who died this year.
She and her husband moved to Zebulon a few years ago, when failing health caused his retirement from business. Monday afternoon many friends from Zebulon and Monroe gathered with the relatives at all Tabernacle church near Brent, where, for long years, she and Mr. Floyd had been members. There the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Owen of Danielville, a special friend of the family. He was assisted by her pastor, Rev. J. A. Griffies, and Rev. Jack Bridges of the Zebulon Baptist Church. She was buried in Forsyth beside her husband and daughter. Though gone, she will live on in the hearts of Zebulon's people.
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