A retired employee of the Anderson County highway department, Floyd G. Scruggs of Bethel Rd. Clinton Rt. 1 died at his home last Thursday night from lung cancer.<\/p>\n
He had been under treatment for the disease for the past year and had been bedridden for about three months.<\/p>\n
Mr. Scruggs began as a bridge painter with the highway department in 1925. He soon became a grader operator and worked in that capacity with the county until 1973.<\/p>\n
He was a native of Anderson County and had resided at his farm on Bethel Rd for 40 years.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Mrs. Edna Jones Scruggs; two sons, Frank Scruggs and Kenneth Scruggs, both of Clinton Rt. 1; a daughter, Mrs. Avery Lowe of Conyers, Ga.; four grandsons, Donnie Scruggs, Gene Scruggs, Kenneth Scruggs and Jerry Scruggs; four granddaughters, Cindy Scruggs, Rachel Scruggs, Patricia Scruggs and Christy Lowe; a sister, Miss Sally Scruggs of Clinton; and one brother, Walter (Tom) Scruggs of Clinton.<\/p>\n
Funeral services were Sunday in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton and were conducted by the Rev. J.C. Parrish. Burial was in Norris Memorial Gardens.<\/p>\n
Clinton Courier News, <\/em>13 March 1975<\/p>\n [Courtesy of Renee Scarbrough]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"