Edna Floyd

FORT OGLETHORPE — Edna Hawkins Floyd, 88, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, April 29, 2017, in a local health care facility. She was born on Feb. 1, 1929, to the late Henry H. and Melissa Pearl Ford Hawkins in Cullman County, Ala. Mrs. Floyd was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church (Heritage Pointe) in Ringgold and retired from Sears-Roebuck in Chattanooga. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Arthur G. Floyd; daughter, Phyllis Floyd Haynes; brother, James Hawkins; and sisters, Elna Hawkins Grant and Anne Hawkins Palmer. Survivors include her son, Timothy L. (Suzie) Floyd; daughter, Rita Floyd (Steve) Brown; son-in-law, Michael Haynes; brother, Al Hawkins; sisters, Alice Hawkins Holland and Betty Hawkins Couch; grandchildren, Brian Haynes, Andy Haynes, Josh Floyd, Jacob Floyd, Rebecca Floyd Williams, Seth Floyd, Jason Price, John Kevin Duffy Jr., James (Randy) Duffy, David C. Brown, and Dana Brown Zarb; 23 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the South Crest Chapel with Pastor Neal Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South. Please share expressions of sympathy at lane-southcrestchapel.com. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, at the end of historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.