Mrs. Lizzie Benton Floyd

July 4, 1923 - July 27, 2017

Mrs. Lizzie Benton Floyd, age 94, of Shelbyville, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017. Funeral services will be 12 noon Saturday, July 29, 2017, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother Carroll Crosslin will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Saturday 10 AM until service time. She was born July 4, 1923, in Bedford County, to the late William Calvin and Janie Crosslin Richardson. Preceding her in death was her husband, Rufus Floyd, in 2004; two daughters, Jeanie Driver and Nancy Ruth Floyd; a son, Ralph Floyd; brothers and sisters, Marvin Richardson, James Richardson, Aubrey Richardson, Robert Richardson, Pete Richardson, Jack Richardson, Frank Richardson, Doris Richardson, and Lucille Burks. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara (Roger) Sanders, and two sons, Roger (Pat) Floyd and Carl Dudley (Mildred) Floyd; seventeen grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren, and thirty six great great grandchildren; sister, Betty (James) Thomas. Memorials may be made to: Hospice Compassus, 1805 N. Jackson St., Suite 11, Tullahoma, TN 37388, 931-455-9118. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.