Joy Max Floyd Sr.

Joy Max Floyd Sr. passed away on Monday, September 2, 2013. He was born September 23, 1930 in Roby, Texas to William Otto and Eulilia Lady Floyd. Max married Geraldine Coker and they were blessed with two daughters, Sherry Kay Floyd of Midland and Nancy Elaine of Lubbock. Following the death of Geraldine due to leukemia Max married Dorothy Faye Miller of Dallas on May 8, 1965 and they were blessed with two sons, Joy Max Floyd, Jr, and Paul Timothy Floyd. Max graduated from the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin in 1951. At that school he was a member of the National Champion football

team in 1947 and learned auto mechanics from his teacher Eugene Clark. After high school Max worked as a line mechanic for Roger's Ford in Midland for 28 years. He then worked for Texas Electric (TXU) for 14 years. Max also taught auto mechanics at the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf in Big Spring, TX for 5 years. Max was known as a wonderful Christian husband, father, grandfather, friend and role model. He was famous for his love of life, his love of Dr. Pepper, his love for his wife and children and his servant heart. Max was known as "the best and most honest mechanic on earth" by those who knew him. Max loved to joke and tease and could never say "No" to someone in need of help with car, truck or tractor. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Midland since 1953 where he taught Sunday School to the deaf for many years and was deeply involved in missions including a trip to Japan to work with the Deaf there. Max was very prominent in the Deaf Community. He was a member of, and served as an officer for, the Permian Basin Council for the Deaf; Midland Deaf Association; West Texas Association for the Deaf; Southern Baptist Conference for the Deaf; Texas Baptist Conference for the Deaf and the Deaf Seniors Association.

Max is survived by his sister Lurline and her husband Bob Evans, his wife Dorothy and his four children: daughter Kay and son Max Jr. of Midland; daughter Nancy of Lubbock and son Paul of Conroe, TX. He is also survived by his six grandchildren Abigail, Andrew and Blaine of Midland, and Taylor, Christopher and Haven Otto of Conroe, and two nieces and two nephews.