Submitted by Wendall Stephens.

5 july 1998

Mr. Cecil E Floyd, age 78 of Rome passed away Sunday, July 5, 1998. Mr. Floyd was born May 11, 1920 in Chactaw County, Ala.; and was a retired Master Sgt. of the U.S. Air Force. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Y. Floyd; a son Joseph Eugene Floyd; and his parents, Ruby Mixon Floyd and L. McNeil Floyd. Survivors include two sisters, Sarah Skinner of Baldwin County, Ala., and Annie Ruth Schleth of Cedartown; and three brothers, Joe Hutchinson, Jr., A.J. Hutchinson and Sput Hutchinson. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 8, 1998 at Gammage Funeral Home with the Rev. Dorsey Welchel and the Rev. Moses Wilson officiating. Interment followed in Northview Cemetery with full military rites conducted by the Brewster Cleveland Post #86. Pallbearers included Roland Jackson, Hayward Chandler, Tony Boling, Gene Bentley, Byron Slaughter, Jason Slaughter, George Slaughter, Gary Jackson and Wesley Tallon. Gammage Funeral Home of Cedartown was in charge of the arrangements.