Thelma Floyd

Thelma Lynn Floyd, 100, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Bainbridge Health Care. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Medley officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with her nephews serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Thelma was born April 11, 1912 at Lynn Station community near Bainbridge, GA, the daughter of Charlie Tilton Lynn and Ada Hatcher Lynn. She was a graduate of Pine Hill High School and a homemaker. She was very active in First Baptist Church and sang in the Saints Alive Choir for many years. Survivors include her sons, Melvin Floyd and his wife, Elise, of Bainbridge, GA and Gerald Floyd and his wife, Sharon, of Tallahassee, FL; her daughter, Lynnette Wynn and her husband, Willard, of Thomasville, GA; her sister, Joyce Lynn Poitevint of Bainbridge, GA; her grandchildren, Ken Floyd, Kim Floyd, Lyle Floyd, Linzy Watson, Deborah Schimmel, and Angela Murphy; 10 great-grandchidren; and 9 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Floyd.