Mr. George Floyd

July 4, 1924 - July 24, 2017

Funeral service for Mr. George Hudson Floyd, 93, of Opelika, AL will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, July 29, 2017 at Powell Chapel United Methodist Church in Lafayette, AL with interment in Garden Hills Cemetery in Opelika, AL. Dr. Randy Kelley will officiate. Mr. Floyd passed away Monday, July 24, 2017 at the East Alabama Medical Center – Lanier in Valley, AL. He was a member of Powell Chapel United Methodist Church. Until his health declined, Mr. Floyd served as chairman of the Administrative Board, Trustee Board, Finance Committee, Sunday School teacher and chairman of all boards and clubs in the church. During World War II, he served his country in the US Army; receiving an honorable discharge. He was an alumni of Alabama State University. After thirty years as an educator, he retired from the Lee County School System. “Coach Floyd” taught at Wacoohee, Smith Station and Loachapoka. His remains will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Survivors: his loving and devoted wife, Bobbie Anne Floyd of Opelika, AL; sisters, Annie Marie Mays of Orlando, FL, Deborah Kennedy of Decatur, AL, Doris (Robert) Vauss of Hudson, OH, Gloria Thompson of Bloomfield Hills, MI, and Vera Varner of Sylacauga, AL; brothers-in-law, Winston (Verneda) Dowdell and Alfred (Leola) Dowdell both of Newman, GA; a sister-in-law, Carrie Floyd of Montgomery, AL; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends of Powell Chapel United Methodist and Thompson Chapel AME Zion Churches.