Roger Edmund Floyd

ROGER EDMUND FLOYD, 79, of Huntington, W.Va., beloved husband, dad and papa, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at the Madison Avenue Church of God by Pastor Mark Salyers and Pastor Charles Martin. Burial will follow at Woodmere Memorial Park. Roger was born on March 28, 1932, in Cabell County, W.Va., the son of the late Charles and Vera Rose Floyd. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Brian; and three brothers, Charles, Lewis and Lawrence Floyd; four sisters, Rema Thompson, Romona Walker, Rosie Wilkes and Francis Perry. Roger was retired from C&P Telephone Co. and AT&T with 37 years of faithful service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Korean War. He was a member of Madison Avenue Church of God and the C & P Pioneers. Roger is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Phyllis Lemaster Floyd; two sons, Stephen and his partner Phillip of Vashon, Wash., Mark and Sheri of Huntington; two daughters, Becky Stone and Butch Keeney of Salt Rock, W.Va., and Sherry and her husband Kenny Haynie of Barboursville; two special daughters, Marcia White of South Point, Ohio, and Dorothy and her husband Jerry Crabtree of Huntington, W.Va.; one sister, Esther Dial of Huntington; 12 grandkids, Nichole and Marcel Miller, Amber and Josh Williams, April Blankenship, Ryan and Chad Floyd, Wes Haynie, Ronnie McCallister, Misty and Keith Conwell, Emily Crabtree, Kristi White, Sarah Smoot and Ashley Porter; 16 great-grandkids; and a host of nieces and nephews and friends. Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2011, at the Reger Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.timeformemory.com/reger.