Mable Knox Floyd
March 23, 1922 – June 30, 2014
Mable passed away peacefully in Tucson on June 30. She was 92 years old.
She was born Alma Mable Knox in Memphis, Tennessee on March 23, 1922. She earned her nursing degree from the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee in 1945, and married Claude Lloyd in November 1946.
The story goes that Claude married her so she could work to put him through college. Obviously, their relationship was based on much more than a financial plan. They were happily married for 67 years!
Claude’s work took the family around the world and though Mable only worked a short time as a nurse after she started her family, her commitment to service was strong. She was a dedicated volunteer wherever she lived. She taught English, helped children to read and helped with the elderly. She was a champion for education and volunteered for over a decade at the library at the Little Red Schoolhouse, which in her honor now carries her name, and served several years as a school board member during the 25 years that the Lloyds lived in Kino Springs.
Mable was a woman of great faith and was extremely active in every church she attended, especially Patagonia Community United Methodist Church. She was involved for many years with the Patagonia Woman’s Club and the Patagonia Public Library.
She is survived by her son Mark (Lori) Lloyd, daughter Faye (Paul) Finley, and daughter-in-law Ann Lloyd; grandchildren Nigel and Nash Finley, Michael and Daniel Lloyd, Wayne (Jeannette) Becker, Trisha (Kevin) Andresen; and great grandchildren Samantha, Alexandria, Melanie, and Krista Andresen and Joshua and Maxwell Becker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude, and son David Lloyd, brothers Lester and Fred Knox, and sister Mildred Payne.
Mable will be remembered as a strong, independent woman dedicated to serving humanity. We can only hope that she is now happily reunited with Claude and all of her family and friends that have gone before her, but we can be sure that she is at peace.
No memorial plans have been made at this time.
Donations in Mable’s honor may be made to the scholarship fund at Patagonia Woman’s Club, PO Box 892, Patagonia, AZ. 85624