Floyd S. Lawrence

FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED  FOR 10 A.M. SATURDAY JULY 22, 2017 AT 10:00 A.M. AT WARD’S FUNERAL HOME FOR FLOYD SAMUEL LAWRENCE, 31 OF DAHLONEGA. THE REV. JAMES SINGLETON WILL OFFICIATE. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT ALTA VISTA CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FRIDAY FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M., AT WARD’S FUNERAL HOME. MR. LAWRENCE PASSED AWAY JULY 10, 2017.  

FROM A YOUNG AGE FLOYD WAS RAISED IN THE CHURCH. HE AND HIS FAMILY JOINED DAHLONEGA BAPTIST CHURCH IN DAHLONEGA, GA. FLOYD RESPECTED GODS AUTHORITY OVER HIS LIFE AND HE WAS THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY. 

FLOYD WAS ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY OFTEN SUPPORTING MISSIONS AND WAS KNOWN TO VOLUNTEER IN NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UPS IN VARIOUS CITIES ACROSS GA. HE WOULD GO UNDER BRIDGES TO HELP FEED THE HOMELESS, HE HELP SPONSOR FUN EVENTS FOR CHILDFREN AND HE OFTEN MENTIONED HIS DESIRE TO MENTOR. YOU COULD HAVE FLOYDS LAST DOLLAR ANYTIME AND HE WOULD SAY “I GOT YOU”. HE NEVER USED THE WORDS FRIEND OR ASSOCIATE, HE ALWAYS SAID YOU WERE HIS BROTHER, SISTER OR CUZ.

A MUSIC LOVER, FLOYD, OFTEN TIMES USED MUSIC AS A WAY TO EXPRESS HIMSELF AND COULD USE ANY OBJECT TO MAKE HIS BEATS.  HE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER ARTIST WHICH RESULTED IN HIM BEING ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE GROUP “ABG” KNOWN FOR THEIR LOCAL HIT “ALL BLACK EVERYTHING”

FLOYD WAS PROUD OF HIS FAMILY AND LOVED EVERY MEMBER, ESPECIALLY HIS SONS TAVION, TRISHTON, AND TITUS.  AS HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN, FLOYD MADE SURE THEY ALL HAD THE SAME INITIALS AND GAVE EACH ONE OF THEM “FLOYD” AS A MIDDLE NAME.  FLOYD LOVED FOOTBALL AND ENCOURAGED HIS SONS IN THE SPORT. HE INSISTED ON BEING AT ALL OF THEIR PRACTICES AND AT EVERY GAME.  A FUN AND LOVING DAD, HE COULD BE FOUND OUTSIDE TOSSING THE FOOTBALL, STAYING UP ALL NIGHT ON WEEKENDS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES WITH HIS BOYS, OR HANGING OUT AT HOME WATCHING A MOVIE WITH HIS FAMILY.

FLOYD GENUINELY LOVED PEOPLE AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, BUT WOULD WANT US TO BE ENCOURAGED IN KNOWING - WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDPARENTS, FRANCES RICHARDSON, GEORGE ELLIS AND MYRTLE MAYE LAWRENCE; FAVORITE AUNT, VERNELL (JUNE) SMITH AND FAVORITE UNCLE, KENNETH WALKER.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, SONS, TAVION, D.F., THRISHTON D.F. AND TITUS D.F. LAWRENCE, DAHLONEGA; FATHER, STEVEN AND LISA LAWRENCE, WOODLAND, CA.; MOTHER, ALESIA LAWRENCE, STOCKBRIDGE; FIANCE’, LATOYA HUMPHRIES, DAHLONEGA; SISTER, TIFFANY LAWRENCE, GAINESVILLE; BROTHERS, STEVEN JR., AND DERRELL LAWRENCE, BOTH OF CHESTER, PA.

ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE TO WARDSFH.COM WARD’S FUNERAL HOME 758 MAIN STREET, GAINESVILLE IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.