NAME: FLOYD BENSON SMITH, AGE 84, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 21, 1916 AT KENEFIC, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN WILLIAM AND MACIE (HIGGS) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 84 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT KENEFIC. MARRIED: DONNA LANE FOR OVER 54 YEARS. OCCUPATION: WORKED IN CC CAMPS IN THE 30S. HE OWNED AND OPERATED SERVICE STATIONS IN ATOKA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. FLOYD WORKED A FEW YEARS AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN STRINGTOWN AND RETIRED AS A LIEUTENANT AT MCLEOD CORRECTIONAL CENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD. FLOYD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS STATIONED IN NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINES, & GERMANY. SURVIVED BY FORMER WIFE: DONNA SMITH OF FARRIS, OK. DAUGHTERS: LYNDA MOSELY OF CANEY, OK. SHARRON GRIFFIN AND HUSBAND LES OF FARRIS, OK. LORETTA BURNETT AND HUSBAND DURAL OF BLOSSOM, TX. SISTERS: MAZIE JOHNSON OF ARDMORE, OK. GEORGIE STANLEY AND HUSBAND JAMES OF TUSHKA, OK. LENORA MCBRIDE AND HUSBAND BUSTER OF CANEY, OK. BROTHERS: JESSIE SMITH AND WIFE BESSIE OF STUART, OK. LELAND SMITH OF CANEY, OK. 5 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND MACIE SMITH. BROTHERS: L. G., VERNON, AND R. J. SMITH. SISTER: EVIE HEAD. 2 GRANDCHILDREN.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: CANEY PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. ASSISTING: REV. HAROLD BREWER. CASKETBEARERS: LEON CRITES, ROY BLACKBURN, PHILLIP CULBREATH, JOHNNY WILLIAMS, TED SHIELDS, DAN PETERSON.