EULESS - Delores "Dee" Floyd, 79, died Monday, March 28, 2005.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Lucas and Thompson Funeral Directors in Grapevine. Burial will be in 3 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mrs. Floyd, beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend, died peacefully surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was born in Nash, Okla., to C.R. and Lillie Gibson. Weslaco was home during her early childhood. Depression years moved her family to a farm outside Dimmitt. After graduating from Dimmitt High in 1942, she worked for various insurance companies, retiring from State Farm after 25 years.
After meeting her husband, James, on a blind date, they married in 1943. Their active lifestyle included fishing and camping along with their two daughters. Playing cards, traveling and making sequin Christmas stockings were her favorite hobbies. As a Christian she walked in faith, showing strength and love throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and a grandson, Daryl Stout.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda Swift and Vicki Thompson and husband, Pete; a brother, Johnny Gibson; her grandchildren, Tami Larkin and husband, Jerry, Kristien Gillaspy and husband, Mark, Brandi Maurer and husband, Tim, and Nicole Swift; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 31, 2005
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Lucas and Thompson Funeral Directors in Grapevine. Burial will be in 3 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mrs. Floyd, beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend, died peacefully surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was born in Nash, Okla., to C.R. and Lillie Gibson. Weslaco was home during her early childhood. Depression years moved her family to a farm outside Dimmitt. After graduating from Dimmitt High in 1942, she worked for various insurance companies, retiring from State Farm after 25 years.
After meeting her husband, James, on a blind date, they married in 1943. Their active lifestyle included fishing and camping along with their two daughters. Playing cards, traveling and making sequin Christmas stockings were her favorite hobbies. As a Christian she walked in faith, showing strength and love throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and a grandson, Daryl Stout.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda Swift and Vicki Thompson and husband, Pete; a brother, Johnny Gibson; her grandchildren, Tami Larkin and husband, Jerry, Kristien Gillaspy and husband, Mark, Brandi Maurer and husband, Tim, and Nicole Swift; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 31, 2005
EULESS - Delores "Dee" Floyd, 79, died Monday, March 28, 2005.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Lucas and Thompson Funeral Directors in Grapevine. Burial will be in 3 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mrs. Floyd, beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend, died peacefully surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was born in Nash, Okla., to C.R. and Lillie Gibson. Weslaco was home during her early childhood. Depression years moved her family to a farm outside Dimmitt. After graduating from Dimmitt High in 1942, she worked for various insurance companies, retiring from State Farm after 25 years.
After meeting her husband, James, on a blind date, they married in 1943. Their active lifestyle included fishing and camping along with their two daughters. Playing cards, traveling and making sequin Christmas stockings were her favorite hobbies. As a Christian she walked in faith, showing strength and love throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and a grandson, Daryl Stout.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda Swift and Vicki Thompson and husband, Pete; a brother, Johnny Gibson; her grandchildren, Tami Larkin and husband, Jerry, Kristien Gillaspy and husband, Mark, Brandi Maurer and husband, Tim, and Nicole Swift; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 31, 2005
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Lucas and Thompson Funeral Directors in Grapevine. Burial will be in 3 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mrs. Floyd, beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend, died peacefully surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was born in Nash, Okla., to C.R. and Lillie Gibson. Weslaco was home during her early childhood. Depression years moved her family to a farm outside Dimmitt. After graduating from Dimmitt High in 1942, she worked for various insurance companies, retiring from State Farm after 25 years.
After meeting her husband, James, on a blind date, they married in 1943. Their active lifestyle included fishing and camping along with their two daughters. Playing cards, traveling and making sequin Christmas stockings were her favorite hobbies. As a Christian she walked in faith, showing strength and love throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and a grandson, Daryl Stout.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda Swift and Vicki Thompson and husband, Pete; a brother, Johnny Gibson; her grandchildren, Tami Larkin and husband, Jerry, Kristien Gillaspy and husband, Mark, Brandi Maurer and husband, Tim, and Nicole Swift; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 31, 2005
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