Floyd Willis Dennis

Floyd Willis Dennis was born August 24, 1925, in Coleman, Oklahoma, the second son of Carl and Mae Belle (Williams) Dennis. He passed from this life on Friday, November 8, 2013, in Newcastle, Oklahoma

Floyd grew up in farming communities in Johnston County. He attended several schools, as the family moved from farm to farm, wherever the work took his parents. As the oldest living child, Floyd quit school to help the family. He took it upon himself to complete the necessary requirements and received his GED while in his sixties. Floyd was working for the railroad when he and Minnie Robertson married on December 26, 1944, in Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma. To this union six children were born, two daughters and four sons.

Floyd enjoyed working on older automobiles which lead to him becoming an exceptionally good mechanic and heavy equipment operator. In the early 1940s, he helped to build the Denison Dam at Lake Texhoma. In 1951 he moved his family to California. In 1966 the couple started pastoring Indian Mission Churches while residing in Annapolis, California. They later pastored in Wellington, Shears, Fallon, Gabbs, Oklahoma City and Anadarko. He retired from C.E. Basic Incorporated, the largest magnesium mine in the world, October 1990 in Gabbs, Nevada. In retirement, Floyd and Minnie lived in Anadarko, Oklahoma and Dardanelle, Arkansas. His days were filled with gardening, canning, fishing, horseback riding, birdhouse building and general country past times.

Mr. Dennis is survived by his wife, Minnie of Newcastle; daughters, Faye Dennis and Kenny of Reno, Nevada and Mary Bennett and Travis of Dardanelle, Arkansas; sons, Montie Dennis and Peggy of Gabbs, Nevada, Ace Dennis and Judy of Newcastle, Oklahoma, Tim Dennis and Pattie of Anadarko, Oklahoma and David Dennis and Rae Lynn of Ely, Nevada; brother, R.C. Dennis and Betty of Omaha, Texas; sisters, Wynona Robinson and Howard of San Antonio, Texas and Emma (JoAnn) Tubbs and Troy of Benbrook, Texas; grandchildren, Ronnie Blankenship, Gene Blankenship, Melvin Blankenship and Rhonda, Aaron Smith, Barbara Hickox and Richard, Brenda Rose and Brian, Ricky Dennis and Regina, Christopher Dennis and Courtney, Jennifer Sharp and Daniel, Brynn Murnahan and Chuck, Carrie Bernal and Michael, and P.J. Dennis; great grandchildren, Tony Blankenship, Rhonda Blankenship, Jeffery Blankenship, Krista Sanders, Corbin Smith, Selby Hickox, Sierra Hickox, Sean Rose, Megan Rose, Cole Dennis, Aiden Dennis, Kelsie Dennis, Lillian Dennis, Daryl Sharp, Luke Sharp, Jaxon Murnahan, Max Murnahan, Dylan Bernal, and Cody Einfeldt.

Viewing for Mr. Dennis will be from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. on Wednesday at Steverson Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors from 7 P.M. to 8 P.M. The funeral will be at 10 A.M., Thursday, November 14, 2013, at the Gospel Lighthouse Church with Pastor Gary Butler officiating. Burial will at 3 P.M. in the Condon Grove Cemetery, east of Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.steversonfuneralhome.com .