James Corbin Floyd was born April 20, 1900 in Hennis Crossroads, Hampton County, South Carolina to Holmes David Floyd and Matilda James Dean Floyd. Corbin's first wife was Rose Getz Floyd, and they had William Bert Floyd, Eleanor R. Floyd Thorpe, and Edith J. Floyd. Later he married Edna McClelland Floyd, and they moved to Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, living two doors down from her sister Grace McClelland Clark. Edna and Corbin had no children. Corbin died on November 17, 1967 at age 67 and is buried next to his wife Edna in Savannah's Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery.
Spouses:
Rose Getz Floyd
Edna McClelland Floyd 1905–1976
Children:
William Bert Floyd 1918–1981
Eleanor R. Floyd Thorpe 1921–2002
Edith J. Floyd Berry 1923 -2004
Sources
Year: 1900; Census Place: Robert, Hampton, South Carolina; Roll: 1531; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1241531
South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Country Marriage Records
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; Roll: 3283; Sheet Number: 71; Enumeration District: 164-60
Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records; Georgia, USA; Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998; Certificate Number: 032637
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133645655/james-corbin-floyd: accessed 26 December 2022), memorial page for James Corbin Floyd (20 Apr 1900–17 Nov 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133645655, citing Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Sharlotte Neely Donnelly (contributor 19199118).
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