Obituary for Bobby Joe Floyd
Marlow: Bobby "Joe" Floyd, passed away at the age of 88 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Lawton, OK.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 PM, Friday, June 19, 2020, at the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Marlow. Burial will follow in the Marlow Cemetery with Military Honors conducted by the Stephens County Honor Guard. All arrangements have been entrusted to the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral and Cremation Service in Marlow. The family will receive visitors at the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home on Thursday, June 18, 2020 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Joe was born Wednesday, March 9, 1932 to Robert Ernest Floyd and Nola Gertrude Wilcoxson at their home on Wild Horse Creek near Marlow. Joe was happily married for over 50 years to his wife, Ruby, who passed away in 2007. He married Ruby Brown on October 15, 1956 in Marlow. Joe joined the National Guard when he was 18 years old. He was mobilized on September 1950 to the 45th Division, 180th Infantry Regiment, Company B and served in Korea in 1951 and 1952. He looked forward to the Annual Company B Reunions for almost 30 years.
After his marriage to Ruby in 1956 they moved several times to different areas in Oklahoma and Texas before settling in south Oklahoma City in 1958. That year Joe began working at Canadian Valley Meat Company, where he remained until his retirement in 1993. After retirement he and Ruby returned to the Marlow area where they lived on Lake Humphrey. In 2015, he moved into the Lawton Veterans Center.
Joe was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Ruby, four brothers, Lewis, Jack, Edward, and James, three sisters, Minnie, Louise, and Kathleen.
He is survived by his daughter, Sheree Hicks and husband Rick of Marlow, his son, Joe Floyd of Raleigh, NC, three grandchildren, Zachary Hicks, Dedra Hicks, and Kalli Hicks all of Oklahoma City, two sisters, Karleen West of Konawa and Martha Young and husband Rick Young of Chickasha, and many nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to the Stephens County Honor Guard in Joe's honor.
Pallbearers will be: his family.
Online condolences may be made to www.CallawaySmithCobb.com
Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 PM, Friday, June 19, 2020, at the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Marlow. Burial will follow in the Marlow Cemetery with Military Honors conducted by the Stephens County Honor Guard. All arrangements have been entrusted to the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral and Cremation Service in Marlow. The family will receive visitors at the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home on Thursday, June 18, 2020 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Joe was born Wednesday, March 9, 1932 to Robert Ernest Floyd and Nola Gertrude Wilcoxson at their home on Wild Horse Creek near Marlow. Joe was happily married for over 50 years to his wife, Ruby, who passed away in 2007. He married Ruby Brown on October 15, 1956 in Marlow. Joe joined the National Guard when he was 18 years old. He was mobilized on September 1950 to the 45th Division, 180th Infantry Regiment, Company B and served in Korea in 1951 and 1952. He looked forward to the Annual Company B Reunions for almost 30 years.
After his marriage to Ruby in 1956 they moved several times to different areas in Oklahoma and Texas before settling in south Oklahoma City in 1958. That year Joe began working at Canadian Valley Meat Company, where he remained until his retirement in 1993. After retirement he and Ruby returned to the Marlow area where they lived on Lake Humphrey. In 2015, he moved into the Lawton Veterans Center.
Joe was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Ruby, four brothers, Lewis, Jack, Edward, and James, three sisters, Minnie, Louise, and Kathleen.
He is survived by his daughter, Sheree Hicks and husband Rick of Marlow, his son, Joe Floyd of Raleigh, NC, three grandchildren, Zachary Hicks, Dedra Hicks, and Kalli Hicks all of Oklahoma City, two sisters, Karleen West of Konawa and Martha Young and husband Rick Young of Chickasha, and many nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to the Stephens County Honor Guard in Joe's honor.
Pallbearers will be: his family.
Online condolences may be made to www.CallawaySmithCobb.com