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Submitted: 7/8/16 • Approved: 7/17/16 • Last Updated: 4/14/18 • R793540-G793538-S3
Joe
11 Apr 1892 Steele, Pemiscot, MO
27 May 1959 Denton, Pemiscot, MO
Zelmer
2 May 1902 Clifton, Wayne, TN
15 Mar 1996 Cape Girardeau, MO
Joe B. Flood, 67, died at his home at Denton last Wednesday after a lengthy illness. He was a retired farmer and had lived in this vicinity all his life.
Funeral services were held at the General Baptist Church at Denton Sunday afternoon at 3:30, Rev. L.C. Glenn of Frisby officiated. Interment was in Mt. Zion Cemetery. German Funeral Home of Steele was in charge.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zelmer Flood, of Denton; three sons, Bennie Flood, Denton, Joe E. Flood of Tokyo, Japan and Bobby Flood of Oakland, California; four grandchildren; two brothers, Wallace Flood of Steele and Joe B. Carroll and a sister, Mrs. Willie P. Pfeffer, both of Zellwood, Florida.
The Steele Enterprise, Steele, Missouri, Friday, June 5, 1959
The Steele Enterprise, Steele, Missouri
Thursday, March 21, 1996
Mrs. Zelmer Flood, 93, of Steele, Mo., died Friday, March 15, 1996, at Lutheran Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
A daughter of the late Benjamin and Allie Singleton Grindstaff, she was born May 2, 1902, in Clifton, Tenn.
On September 12, 1923, in Blytheville, Ark., she was united in marriage with Joe B. Flood, who preceded her in death.
She was a member of the General Baptist Church in Denton, Mo. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Flood leaves two sons: Joe E. Flood of Cape Girardeau and Bobby G. Flood of Sparks, Nev.; One brother, Kit Grindstaff, of Granite City, Ill.; A sister, Lydia Beeson, of Baton Rouge, La.; Six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. Flood were held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 1996, at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Steele, with Rev. Vernon Reaves officiating.
Burial was at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Steele with Bradshaw Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers were Glen Griffin, Billy Williams, Turner Gillette, Jerry Green, Clarence Williams, and Gary Hicks.
Contributed on 7/8/16 by ttack37
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