Barbara (Floyd) Eubanks
DURHAM [NC] - Barbara Jean Floyd Eubanks of Tate, Georgia died May
17, 2004 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North
Carolina. Mrs. Eubanks had been receiving treatment in Durham for
three months. Mrs. Eubanks was born in Marietta, Mississippi, on
March 6, 1943, the daughter of the late George Walter and Ruth
Bolton Floyd. After graduating from Marietta High School, Marietta ,
Mississippi, in 1961, Miss Floyd earned a teaching degree from Delta
State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. Following two years of
teaching first grade in Long Beach, Mississippi, she moved to
Marietta, Georgia, where she enjoyed a very successful teaching
career in the Cobb County school system at Bells Ferry Elementary
School. She taught first and second grades for 30 years. As a
Teacher of the Year and an outstanding member of the faculty,
Barbara is fondly remembered by former students, parents, and peers
for her excellent teaching skills and life lessons. She was an
active member of the Delta Kappa Gamma, a Society of Women in
Education, served as an officer of the Cobb Professional Educators,
and an active participant in the Pickens County Retired Educators
Association.
Married to James Thomas Eubanks Jr. in 1983, Barbara and Tom in 1986
began the restoration and enlargement of the old Cagle House in south
Pickens County. The Cagle House, built in 1871 by Tom’s Great
Grandfather , was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in
2002. Barbara was hostess of the Cagle House and over the years has
welcomed guests from all over the United States.
As very active members of the Big Canoe Chapter of Friendship Force
International, Mr. & Mrs. Eubanks were the hosts of more than 20 groups
of Friend Force visitors from 15 countries from around the world. In
1994 the Eubanks were exchange directors for a unique FFI architectural
exchange visit to St. Petersburg, Russia, and Helsinki, Finland. In St.
Petersburg the Chief Architect of the Hermitage Museum was their host.
Since retirement Mrs. Eubanks has continued her community involvement by
volunteering at the Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center in Jasper,
Georgia. She also continued to share her extensive teaching skills by
serving as an interim teacher in Cherokee and Pickens Counties. Mrs.
Eubanks loved teaching, traveling, family, church and community
activities.
Barbara became a member of Zion Rest Church of Christ, Marietta,
Mississippi, as a teenager. Moving to Marietta, Georgia, she became a
member of the Olive Street Church of Christ. Since coming to Pickens
County, Barbara and Tom became active members of the Non Denominational
Chapel at Big Canoe.
Barbara is survived by her husband Tom Eubanks, five sisters, and two
brothers-in-law; Bobbie Huddleston, Evelyn Floyd, Martha Tyra, of
Booneville Mississippi; Sarah and O’Neil Parker of Memphis, Tennessee;
and Elizabeth and Charles Chisholm of Canton, Mississippi and one
sister-in-law, Pam Floyd of Booneville. In the Eubanks family she is
survived by five sisters-in-law and five brothers-in-law: Grady and
Theresa Ireland and Ron and Brenda Eubanks of Marietta, Georgia, Ron and
Sharyn Bernecky of Smyrna, Georgia, Mark and Sue Eubanks and Melvin and
Betty McGill of Rome, Georgia. She is survived by 8 nieces, 6 nephews,
10 great nieces, 11 great nephews, 1 great- great- niece in the Floyd
family and 5 nieces, 4 nephews, 6 great nieces, and 4 great nephews in
the Eubanks family. Mrs. Eubanks was preceded in death by her sister
Mary Floyd, and two brothers Harrrell and Kenneth Floyd.
The family will receive visitors from 4:00 to 9:00 PM Wednesday evening
at Cagles Funeral Home in Jasper, Georgia. Funeral services will be at
11:00 A.M., Thursday, May 20, 2004 in The Big Canoe Chapel, Big Canoe,
Georgia followed by a luncheon in celebration of Barbara’s life in the
adjacent Broyles Center. A graveside service and interment will be at
4:00 P.M. in the Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Tate, Georgia.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Barbara Jean Floyd
Eubanks Teaching Foundation Fund in care of the Jasper Banking Company,
100 Mark Whitfield Street, Jasper, Georgia 30143. For additional
information, contact Big Canoe Chapel at 706-268-3203 or Cagle Funeral
Home at 706-692-6615.