Marion G. Floyd

Floyd, Marion Graves of Kissimmee, Fl. Died Sat. at the age of 101. Marion was a Kissimmee native- born, raised, educated married and worked in the county. She traced her roots in Kissimmee back to her grandfather, Edwin Barnes who moved to the area after for the Confederacy in the Civil War. He was injured helping construct the archway of the county?s historic courthouse. Marion?s mother, grace Eleanor Barnes moved with her family from Mt. Washington, Ky. and settled in Kissimmee because it was the end the railroad line! She met Ross Graves, who ran a hardware store in downtown Kissimmee and the two married and had five children. Marion was the youngest and was born Dec. 5, 1908. She remembered riding ponies through downtown Kissimmee and stopping at the lakefront for picnics. She would reminisce about the days when nobody locked their doors and ?Kissimmee was a one horse town.? Her family was part of the founding organizers of the First Baptist Church of Kissimmee where Marion sang in the choir and kept the Sunday School rolls for years. Marion attended Osceola High School and was salutatorian of her class. She worked for a real estate company and then the Square Deal Feed Store. She was city clerk for a number of years. Marcus Floyd met and courted her with big baskets of fruit during that time. They later married in 1941 and lived in a house directly behind the historic courthouse until Marcus died in 1971. During the Depression, Marion had gone to work for the state unemployment claims office as a supervisor and worked there for 30 years, retiring in 1970. Marion got to live her final years still in her home with the help of round-the-clock aides that gave her a wonderful quality of life. As she would say, ?I?ve got the best nursing home ever right here in my house?. She is survived by a niece, Willa Ross Crescenzo of Lake City, Fl. and her two children as well as a great nephew, Jerry Depew of Oak Ridge, Tn. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 PM on Tuesday July 13, 2010 at Osceola Memory Gardens Funeral Home in Kissimmee with Rev. Harold C. Epperson officiating, interment to follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until time of the services. Pallbearers will be Larry Ivey, Ed Brinson, Jake Clemons, WIlliam Prather, Maynard Ambrose and Jason Guerre. Services under the direction of OSCEOLA MEMORY GARDENS CEMETERY, FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY 1717 Old Boggy Creek Road, Kissimmee, Florida. 407-847-2494 www.osceolamemgds.com

Marion G. Floyd

December 5, 1908 - July 10, 2010