Delores Floyd

Delores (Trivers) Floyd was born May 29, 1939 at Gallagher Hospital in Washington, D.C. The late Mrs. Floyd passed away at The Washington Home on Friday, June 7, 2012 due to complications from a brain tumor. She attended Washington, D.C. public schools, graduating from Cardozo Senior High School in 1956. She later matriculated through D.C. Teachers College to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming an elementary school teacher. While in college, Mrs. Floyd became a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 1957. She later would attend and graduate from the George Washington University with a Masters of Education degree in Elementary Education. Her first teaching assignment was as a classroom teacher at Charles Drew Elementary. While at Cardozo SHS, Mrs. Floyd would meet Mr. Bobby Sumner they would wed on February 27, 1960. Two children would come of this union, Mr. Bobby Sumner, Jr. (Diane) and Ms. Julie Sumner. The marriage would culminate in June 1984. Delores taught at several DC schools including Keene, Walker-Jones, and Myers Tri-school Learning Academy. After 34 years she left the DC school system and became a Social Studies teacher at the Presbyterian School. She would remain there in that capacity part-time for another 8 years. She was the President of the DC Reading Council and was named one of the Outstanding Elementary Teachers in the United States in 1975. One of her fondest projects was the Basketball Reading Incentive Camp (BRIC) at H.D. Woodson SHS. In 1989, Delores would marry John Clifford Floyd, III, Esq. The two loved to travel and made several journeys outside of the United States. The couple traveled to France, England and Africa. They also made a cross-country journey driving from DC to California. Political causes were another interest they shared, hosting or participating in several campaigns and fund-raiser events. Devout Catholics, the couple went to mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine most Sundays. As season ticket holders, many Sunday afternoons mass was followed by a Redskins football game. Mrs. Delores T. Floyd is survived by a spouse John Floyd, two children Bobby, Jr. (Diane) and Julie (DC), two sisters Gloria McCaskill (William) and a Louise Wilder (James), a step-daughter Fani T. Willis, two step-granddaughters Kania and Kinaya, several nieces, nephews, cousins, and other family members and friends.

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Delores Floyd

May 29, 1939 - June 7, 2012