Floyd Germann

Floyd William Germann, 81, of Murphy died Saturday (May 12, 2007) in a Cleveland, TN hospital. He was a native of Freeburg, IL but had lived in Cherokee County for the past 15 years. He was the son of the late Fred and Amanda Ricks Germann. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the United States Navy in the European Theatre during the Normandy Invasion. He had retired from the United States Postal Service and had attended Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.

Survivng are his wife, Opal Ware Germann; a daughter, Linda Batava of Lebanon, MO; two sons, Michael Germann of Bel Air, MD and Phillip Germann of

Brandon, FL; and eight

grandchildren and a great

granddaughter.

Pallbearers: Lloyd Beavers,

Raymond Shields, Bobby and Jeff

Pyles, Darrell

Decker, and Ed

Green. Gene Ware as

honorary pallbearer.

The family requests

memorials be made in loving

memory of Floyd William Germann to the Broyhill Baptist Children's Home, 61 Sneed Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.

Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy was in charge of all arrangements.

An online guest register is available at "Obituaries" at www.iviefuneralhome.com