Individual Details
Joe Bob Floyd
(12 Jan 1924 - 17 Jun 1945)
Third Class Pharmacist's Mate Joe Bob Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Floyd of 2310 Hudspeth, will be reburied Thursday in Grove Hill Memorial Park.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at Sparkman-Brand Funeral Chapel, 2115 Ross.
Floyd, 21, was killed in action on Okinawa June 17, 1945. He was attached to the 1st Marine Division at the time.
He graduated from Forest High School in 1942 and immediately joined the Navy. After training at San Diego, he was sent to the South Pacific.
Also surviving are two brothers, Billy Floyd and Ray Dean Floyd, both of Dallas.
Pallbearers will be Harold Jones, Billy Brinker, Edwin Ford, Leo Stewart, Carol Cooley, and Oscar Bradley.
Dallas News 02-24-1949 Transcribed by Carol Moore
D. cert: parents, Robert C. Floyd and Mattie Lou Box
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at Sparkman-Brand Funeral Chapel, 2115 Ross.
Floyd, 21, was killed in action on Okinawa June 17, 1945. He was attached to the 1st Marine Division at the time.
He graduated from Forest High School in 1942 and immediately joined the Navy. After training at San Diego, he was sent to the South Pacific.
Also surviving are two brothers, Billy Floyd and Ray Dean Floyd, both of Dallas.
Pallbearers will be Harold Jones, Billy Brinker, Edwin Ford, Leo Stewart, Carol Cooley, and Oscar Bradley.
Dallas News 02-24-1949 Transcribed by Carol Moore
D. cert: parents, Robert C. Floyd and Mattie Lou Box
Events
| Birth | 12 Jan 1924 | Coleman County, Texas |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 10 Apr 1940 | (Robert Conrad Floyd and Mattie Lou Box) Dallas, Dallas County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 17 Jun 1945 | Okinawa, Japan | | | |
| Burial | Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas | |
Families
| Father | Robert Conrad Floyd (1903 - 1998) |
| Mother | Mattie Lou Box (1903 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Billy Norfleet Floyd (1925 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Ray Dean Floyd (1928 - 2005) |
Notes
Birth
Joe Bob FloydEvent Type: Birth
Event Date: 12 Jan 1924
Event Place: Coleman, Texas
Census (family)-shared
Robert C Floyd Head Male 36 Texas - Truck driver, motor freight lineMattie Lou Floyd Wife Female 36 Louisiana
Joe B Floyd Son Male 16 Texas - New worker
Billy N Floyd Son Male 14 Texas - New worker
Ray D Floyd Son Male 11 Texas
Death
Joe Bob FloydEvent Type: Death
Event Date: 17 Jun 1945
Event Place: Okinawa, , Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1921
Birth Year (Estimated): 1921
Birthplace: , Texas
Father's Name: Robert C Floyd
Mother's Name: Mattie Lou Box
Endnotes
1. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8CR-MWP.
2. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K47S-QB3.
3. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38S-1MD.
4. United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-CH3H.
5. Find a Grave Memorial 62845590.