Obituary of DUGIE FLOYD, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  February 2, 1967

Headline:  Long-time Sheriff D. Floyd Dies after Heart Attack

Mr. Dugie Floyd, 74, of Goodpine, long-time Sheriff of LaSalle Parish died at 
Jena Hospital last Thursday afternoon.

Floyd, Sheriff of LaSalle for 20 years (1940 - 1960), died of a heart attack 
after being carried to the hospital Thursday.

He was a World War I veteran.

Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10:00 o'clock at the First 
Baptist Church, Jena, with the Revs. G. R. Nolan, Dan Blake, K. G. Brooks, 
and Willard Bell officiating.

Burial was in Nolley Memorial Cemetery at Jena with graveside services by the 
ministers.

Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Wingfield of Shreveport; 
one son, Hershel Floyd of Jena; two brothers, Mr. Alex Floyd and Mr. homer 
Floyd, both of Jena; two sisters, Mrs. Ellis F. Ward of Natchitoches and Mrs. 
Lydia F. Henderson of Jena; three grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Pallbearers were Don Steen, Alonzo Taylor, Ray McCrory, Jack Reed, Cliff 
Barton, Larry Robertson, Thad Mayo, and James Coleman.

Honorary pallbearers were M. F. Humphries, Jimmie Humphries, O. A. Hester, 
Lewis Humphries, Blanchard Smith, Buck Barrett, Eric Brown, Maloy Steen, 
James E. Coleman, Vic Lofton.

Doyle Windham, Bill Brasher, Gordon Francis, Rosco Sandifer, Orland Sandifer, 
Coy Doughty, Robert Gray, Clyde Richardson, Ira Ganey Jr., H. D. Smith.

Richard Elmer Warwick, M. L. Volentine, Jimmy Bardin, J. C. Duke, J. F. 
Justiss, Wayne McGuffee, Clyde Russell, J. C. Pyle, B. J. Basham, Joseph D. 
Nugent.

Cameron C. Minard, Fred Minard, Bert Loe, Glen Loe, and Green Coleman.

Also honorary pallbearers were Sheriff Sanford Jordan of Winn Parish, Sheriff 
J. Y. McGuffee of Catahoula Parish, Sheriff Floyd Hodges of Caldwell Parish.

Representing the La. State police were Lt. Jack Carter, Lt. Tommie 
Hollingsworth, Tpr. C. C. Wilson, and Tpr. James Ray.