Floyd Summers, 73, died on Monday, March 28, 2011 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice). He was born in Eglon, Kentucky to the late Johnnie & Sally Malicote Summers. Floyd was raised and lived in McKee, Kentucky in his childhood. In the late 1950's he moved to Liberty, Indiana, helped farm and started working for Miami University. On August 8, 1959 he married the love of his life Merilyn Dance in the Church of Christ at Liberty, IN. In 1962 Floyd & Merilyn moved to Oxford, Ohio where they worked for Miami University. He retired as a painter for the University after 36 years of service. They moved to Lake City in 1999. He is preceded in death by his brother, Ronny Summers.

Survivors include his wife of fifty one and a half years, Merilyn Summers; brothers, Russell (Myrtle) Summers & Homer Summers; sisters, Opal (Bill) Colter & E. "Jackie" (Jack) Taylor; half brother, John Glen Summers; half sister, Rebecca (Greg) Brockman; step sister, Charlene (Billy) Pingleton; nieces, Lisa Cleveland, Kathy Vickers, Nancy Clark Mulhern, Julee Taylor, Cassie Pingleton, Stacy Lynn Dance & Lexi Brockman; nephews, Ricky, Joey, Steve, Gary, Phillip, & Travis Summers, Jeff Taylor & Brandon Pingleton; mother in law, Ruth Dance; brother & sister in law, Dennis W. & Judy Dance also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home with Pastor Jake Richardson & Pastor Larry Holeton officiating. Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to service time (1:00pm A