Floyd Wayne Scalf of Lelia Lake died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the age of 84.
Services will be held Thursday, July 28, at 2 p.m. at the Clarendon Church of Christ with graveside services to be held Friday, July 29 at 2 p.m. in Chillicothe. Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors.
Floyd was born January 24, 1932, near Matoy, Okla., to H.M. “Dock” Scalf and Clara Bell Peek Scalf. He had several brothers and sisters – Bonnie Fay Parsley of Frederick, Okla.; the late William Lee “Bill” Scalf; Cora Bell “Mut” Smith of Tilene, Ken.; Haskell Metz Scalf of Altus, Okla,; Gearld Rayland Scalf of Cordell, Okla.; the late James Ray Scalf; Wayland D. Scalf of Altus, Okla.; LaHonda June Carter of Altus, Okla.; and the late Sharon K. Scalf.
Floyd married Betty Louise James on October 20, 1951. He worked in oil fields in the Dakotas and in the Mayfair Grocery Store in California. He then married Opal Lorene (Hestand) Turvaville on August 21, 1973. They moved to Vernon, where he worked as an assistant manager in a grocery store until he retired. About ten years ago, they moved to Lelia Lake, where they lived with his stepson Carlton and wife Susan Turvaville. Floyd was a member of the Clarendon Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife, Opal; several brothers and sisters; one daughter, Shannon V. Tate of Visalia, Calif.; one son, Billy Wayne Scalf of Bakersfield, Calif.; two stepsons, Carlton Turvaville of Lelia Lake and Danny Odell Turvaville of Chillicothe; two stepdaughters, Regina Master of Clovis, Calif., and Belinda Humphrey of Pueblo, Colo.; 12 grandsons; two granddaughters; and 15 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three siblings, and one stepson, Johnny Edwin Turvaville of Chillicothe.
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