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FLOYD A CLAIBORNE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 18, 1950 IN ALTON, VIRGINIA. HE WAS THE SON OF MABEL C TANNER. HE TRANSITIONED TO HIS ETERNAL REST ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021.

FLOYD ATTENDED MARY BETHUNE HIGH SCHOOL IN HALIFAX, VIRGINIA. FLOYD WAS A SKILLED INDUSTRIAL PAINTER FOR PNEUMANFIL CORP FOR 15 YEARS BEFORE EXPLORING OTHER INTERESTS. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND HAD A LOVE OF HISTORY ESPECIALLY READING ABOUT WORLD WAR II. LATER IN LIFE, HE PROUDLY MOVED INTO THE DANNELLY SENIOR APARTMENTS IN CHARLOTTE, NC. THIS WAS HIS FIRST BRAND NEW HOME AND HE LOVED IT THERE. HE HAD FOUND A PLACE WHERE HE FELT NOT ONLY AT PEACE, BUT A PLACE WHERE HE COULD FREELY SHARE THAT PEACE WITH THOSE HE CHERISHED.

FLOYD WAS A DOTING FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE ADORED THEM ALL. ALTHOUGH HE REVELED IN HIS ALONE TIME, HE BROUGHT GOOD TIMES AND LAUGHS WHEN HE WAS AMONGST FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS QUICKWITTED AND ENJOYED POKING FUN AT HIS FAMILY LIKE CALLING HIS NIECE TAMMY WHEN HER NAME IS KIM (TO THIS DAY NO ONE KNOWS WHY) OR TEASING HIS GRANDSONS WITH EMBARRASSING JOKES.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER; MABEL TANNER. HIS MEMORY WILL LIVE ON IN HIS TWO DAUGTHERS; ELISA DAVIDSON (STEVEN) AND SABRINA WILLIAMS (TONEY) BOTH OF CHARLOTTE, NC. HE WILL ALSO BE DEEPLY MISSED BY HIS SISTERS BARBARA NEWMAN

(ANDREW) CHARLOTTE, NC, THERESA TANNER, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, DEBRA DAVIES, DURHAM, NC AND ANNETTE TANNER, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA AND BROTHER; RAYMOND CLAIBORNE (STELLA) CHARLOTTE, NC. HE WILL BE FOREVER CHERISHED BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN; BRITTANY CLAIBORNE, LABRIA CLAIBORNE, DONOVAN WILLIAMS, DYLAN WILLIAMS AND REECE DAVIDSON; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, KAHLIEL CLAIBORNE, KYSON CLAIBORNE AND TAYLOR STEPHENS; HIS FORMER SPOUSE MARJORIE BARNETTE AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS. HE LOVED AND IS LOVED BY THEM ALL.