Dorothy Bowles Oliver Floyd passed away peacefully at home with her family on July 1, 2009 following a lengthy period of declining health.

A graveside service of committal will be on Friday the 3rd of July, 10 o??clock at Marietta Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at Trinity United Methodist Church in Fairmont at 11 o??clock.

Dorothy O. Floyd was born on July 13, 1918 in Catawba County, the beloved only child of Pansy Bowles Oliver and William McDuffie Oliver of Marietta, North Carolina. She was blessed with a musical talent that charted the course of her life. Dorothy began playing for church at the age of 10 and reluctantly retired at the age of 75 from teaching piano.

She was educated in Marietta and Fairmont schools. Upon graduating at the age of 16, she enrolled in Women??s College at Greensboro, North Carolina, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Piano, and a Minor in Organ and Public School Music. Dorothy attended The Julliard School of Music in New York where she studied piano accompaniment.

Before marrying her high school sweetheart, she taught music in the schools of Columbus, Lenior, and Robeson Counties. She served as organist and Choir Director at Olivet Methodist Church in Marietta, Saint Mary??s Episcopal Church in Kinston and Chestnut Street United Methodist Church in Lumberton.

1n 1942, she married the love of her life, Dr. Hal Stanfield Floyd. He chose to practice medicine in his hometown of Fairmont and Dorothy began teaching music and serving as organist and choir director at Trinity United Methodist Church. In retirement, she played the organ at Fairmont First Presbyterian Church. Her teaching career included public school music and private piano lessons; her high expectations challenged students to seek superiority in the world of music.

She was on the music committee of Robeson County Library in Lumberton for 25 years, serving 10 years as chairman. Dorothy took great pride in having played a part in bringing aspiring and established artists who gave free performances to her much beloved Robeson County.

She was a member of the North Carolina Music Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Guild, Lumbee Study Club, and the Medical Auxiliary. She served as president of the Gamma Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Sidney Lanier Book Club.

After Dr. Hal??s death in 1982 she served as a Hospice volunteer for several years. Dorothy appreciated, promoted and supported artists and artisans for their gifts and talents from all mediums and professions. She relished the fellowship of her immediate and extended family, travel, the beach, her friends and needlework.

Granny Dot leaves to cherish her memory her daughter Carol Anne and son-in-law, Jetter Lewis with whom she made her home; her grandson, Jetter Stephens Lewis and wife, Cindy of Marietta; her granddaughter Marianne McDuffie Smith of Fairmont and three great-grandchildren, Meredith Layne Smith, Jetter Calhoun Lewis and Oliver Slate Lewis. Her eldest grandson was William Stanfield Lewis (1963-1983).