On May 2, 1947, Floyd Cecil Tubbs, husband, father, and soldier, was born to Bobby Lee and Azilee Johnson Tubbs in the rural Pope Community of Linden. On July 23rd, 2020, under the Caris Hospice at Maury Regional Hospital, after a bout with Covid-19 that complicated his frail state of Dementia/Alzheimers, he peacefully closed his eyes and humbly exited his final tour of duty to his family, the Hohenwald community, and to the United States Armed Forces.

SFC RET. Floyd C. Tubbs attended the public schools of Linden and was drafted into the United States Army after graduation in 1966 with the...