J. Floyd

J. W. "Shorty" Floyd, 77, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at Immanuel Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Dean officiating. Interment will follow at West Bainbridge Cemetery with Duane Floyd, Ashby Floyd, Kenny Roberts, Alex McMillan, Dalton McMillan, Mike Dicks, and Robbie Strickland serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mr. Floyd was born April 8, 1933 in Walton, County, FL, the son of William Randolph Floyd and Jean Cassidy Floyd. He owned and operated Floyd Brothers Asphalt for over twenty-five years and attended Immanuel Baptist Church. Mr. Floyd was a former Mason with Orion Masonic Lodge # 8 F. & A. M. and a member of the Bainbridge Shriners Club and Hasan Shriners Temple in Albany. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Bailey Floyd; his son, Ronnie Floyd; his brother, Calvin Floyd and his grandchildren, Elizabeth Roberts and Austin Strickland. Survivors include his sons, Gary Floyd and his wife Diane of Bainbridge, GA, Tim Floyd and his wife Cathy of Climax, GA, and Mike Floyd and his fiancée Shirley Hand of Bainbridge, GA; his daughters, Debra F. Strickland and her husband Ringo of Bainbridge, GA, Ivey F. Stott and her husband Bob of Bainbridge, GA, Lisa Moore Musgrove of Bainbridge, GA and Cheryl F. Roberts and her fiancé Mike Dicks of Bainbridge, GA; his four sisters, Faye Watson and her husband Jim of Dothan, AL, Ina Floyd of Quitman, GA, Opal Howell of Tallahassee, FL and Jennifer Skinner and her husband Thomas of Tallahassee, FL; fifteen grandchildren; and twenty-two great-grandchildren.