Obit of Holloway, James "Floyd" - McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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::Hillcrest Memorial Park--Bakersfield CA

Holloway, James "Floyd"

Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, November 1st, at 11:00 
a.m., at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Bishop Phillip Lewis will 
officiate. Floyd passed away Friday, October 27th. He was born on May 
2, 1912, in Cisco, OK. Floyd grew up in Winters, TX where he met and 
married Lena Price in 1931. Floyd and Lena had two children. They 
moved to California in 1942 so he could work in the shipyards during 
WWII. The family moved to Kern County in 1945. Floyd owned and 
operated an auto repair shop in McFarland. Later he and his wife had 
a board and care home for developmentally delayed adult men. He was 
preceded in death by his wife, Lena in 1995. He is survived by his 
son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Tari Holloway of Vacaville, CA; and 
his daughter and son-in-law, Romona and Norman Laxson of Bakersfield. 
He has 9 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-
grandchild on the way. The family would like to thank Irma Garcia at 
Castlewood Gardens for her care and kindness and also give special 
appreciation to the staff at California Care Center. James Holloway 
"Floyd" May 2, 1912 - Oct. 27, 2006

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 10/31/2006.
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