Harold Floyd

SIKESTON - Harold R. Floyd, 77, died Aug. 6, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Born March 11, 1927, in Benton, son of the late Ernest and Grace Dark Floyd, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during World War II. A heavy equipment operator until his retirement, he was a member of Operating Engineers Local 513.

Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Vernon Wayne and Michele Floyd of Buffalo, N.Y.; one daughter, Connie Sue McCumber of Kansas City, Mo.; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Carl Floyd of Eureka, Jerry and Connie Floyd of Cedar Hill, and Willard and Martha Floyd of Sikeston; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Luella Bradish of St. Louis and Barbara and Jimmy Johnson of Sikeston; one granddaughter, Tracy McGaugh of Kansas City, Mo.; and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston where services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Tom McCanless, pastor of the Kewanee Missionary Baptist Church, will officiate.

Burial with full military honors will follow at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.