Funeral details announced for longtime USC board member Eddie Floyd
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A funeral service for the University of South Carolina’s longest-serving board member will be held next week, affording community members and friends a chance to say their last goodbyes.
The life of Eddie Floyd will be remembered beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center, located at 201 South Dargan Street, according to Floyd’s obituary. The Floyd family will greet friends immediately following the service, and a private burial will follow, the obituary said.
Floyd, who served on the university’s board of trustees for 40 years, died Thursday morning at the age of 91. A 1956 USC graduate, Floyd was a retired physician and tobacco farmer from Florence. He became a member of the board in 1982 and retired in 2024, while serving as chair from 1992 until 1996.
Prior to his death, Floyd lost his wife of 66 years, Kay Baker Floyd, the obituary said.
Suggested memorials to be sent in his name include to St. John’s Church in Florence, Francis Marion University’s Educational Foundation, MUSC Health Florence or MUSC’s Hollins Cancer Center, the obituary said.
Funeral services are directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home.
Those interested in sending flowers to the Floyd family or a memorial tree may visit the funeral home’s floral store.
