Robbie A. "Lee" Dillahunty Floyd

BORN MAY 4, 1912 IN THE EDNA COMMUNITY OF JOHNSON COUNTY, AR, TO JAMES RILEY "JIM" LEE AND ALLIE DELPHIA SHAMBLIN LEE. SHE MARRIED ALVA CLINTON "BILL" FLOYD ON NOVEMBER 11, 1933. THEIR SON, ALVA DON FLOYD, BORN JUNE 27, 1935 REISDES IN HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR WITH HIS WIFE JANET. ALVA PREDECEASED ROBBIE ON APRIL 24, 1974 AFTER COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING SURGERY. SHE REMARRIED ON DECEMBER 24TH 1980 TO CHILDHOOD FRIEND CONRAD DILLAHUNTY, AND MOVED TO HIS RANCH HOME NEAR GRANITE, OK, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH ON JUNE 10, 1988. ROBBIE RETURNED TO OZARK IN THE SUMMER OF 1988, THEN MOVED TO THE HERITAGE INN RETIREMENT FACILITY AT CLARKSVILLE IN 2003, DURING WHICH TIME SHE LEGALLY CHANGED HER NAME BACK TO FLOYD. IN SPRING OF 2007 SHE RELOCATED TO THE GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY CAMPUS IN HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR. ROBBIE WAS COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY AT "GOOD SAM" WITH THE BEST OF CAPABLE LOVING CARE FOR WHICH THE FAMILY IS VERY GRATEFUL. ROBBIE WORKED AT WAKEFIELD'S STORE IN OZARK FROM 1952 THROUGH 1980 WHERE SHE ESTABLISHED A LOYAL CUSTOMER FOLLOWING AND MADE DOZENS OF LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. HER LIFETIME INTERESTS INCLUDED SEWING. GARDENING, CROCHETING, KNITTING, COOKING, AND RELIGIOUS MUSIC. FOR DECADES SHE SANG IN CHOIRS, IN QUARTETS, OCCASIONAL SOLOS, AND PLAYED THE PIANO, ALL BASED ON SHAPED NOTES. SHE CONTINUED TO SING AND PLAY HER PIANO UNTIL A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HER PASSING. A LIFELONG METHODIST, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE OZARK FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SON,DON & HIS WIFE JANET OF HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR;3 GRANDDAUGHTERS, KAREN OF AUSTIN, TEXAS; JANET'S DAUGHTER NAN AND HER FAMILY, AND JANET'S DAUGHTER PAULA. NEPHEWS ARE DWIGHT WOOLSEY & WIFE MARIAN OF OZARK; DENVER WOOLSEY & WIFE YVONNE OF EDMOND, OK; FLOYD BARGER & WIFE CAROLE OF FT. SMITH; ED MILTON & WIFE, HAZEL OF OZARK; RALPH FLOYD & WIFE SHIRLEY OF FAIRFIELD BAY, AR; BEN FLOYD & WIFE LINDA OF OZARK. NIECES ARE KATALA WILLIAMS & HUSBAND CLARENCE OF OZARK; ROISELLE GRIM OF ROGERS, AR; ANNETTE ZEHRING & HUSBAND LARRY OF BELLA VISTA, AR; BETTY JO HARDWICK OF SPRINGFIELD, MO; SAMMIE JO BARSTOW OF TUSCALOOSA, AL; GELENE PICKENS OF ATLANTA, GA; EIGHTEEN GREAT NEWPHWS & NIECES. PALLBEARERS ARE ODELL CHAPPELL, SALLI & BILL SHANNON, MEMBERS OF THE TAYLOR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS; DR. LANE WILSON, MARILYN & STAN OTT; MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 503 W. COMMERCIAL,OZARK, AR 72949.

Robbie A. "Lee" Dillahunty Floyd

August 13, 2008