FLOYD H. "SPUD" EMMONS
August 1, 1907 - April 26, 1980

Buried with his wife in Pacific View Memorial Gardens, Lincoln City, Oregon

Floyd H. "Spud" Emmons was born in Manning August 1, 1907, the son of Orrin William and Jennie Centennial (Scott) Emmons.
He graduated from Manning High School in 1924.
The family moved to Salem, Oregon, in 1925. He graduated from Willamette University in Salem in 1930. He was the Secretary and Chief Accountant and Auditor of the Salem Credit Bureau for a number of years, retiring in 1969. He moved to the Oregon Coast and operated a motel for several years before finally retiring about 1973.
His wife, Doris, and one brother, Robert, preceded him in death. Floyd is survived by a son, Irvin L. and three grandchildren; his brother, Clarence S. (Pat),; and sisters: Florence Riggs and Genevieve Armstrong.

Floyd served 4 years in the U.S. Army in World War II.

He was a long time member of the Masons and of the Methodist Church. Floyd and his brother and on occasion other members of their families attended yearly reunions of their mother's family, The Scoffs, in Ida Grove and Mapleton and always included a luncheon meeting with old school mates in Manning.

Manning Monitor article ------ 1943

Floyd Emmons Has Rank of Capt.

A recent letter from Mr. Orrin W. Emmons, former Manning lawyer, states that his sore Floyd "Spud" Emmons, was promoted to the rank of Captain in the U. S. Army on Nov. 16. He had the rank of First Lt. for the year previous.

Floyd enlisted in the Quartermaster Corps of the Army in Feb. 1942, first going to Camp Lewis, Washington, and from there to Geiger Field near Spokane where he received his basic training, leaving for Camp Lee, Virginia, to, enter Officers Training Camp late, in June of the same year and completing the course in Sept. 1942 with the Commission of Second Lt. and was assigned for duty to the large shipment post at Pasco, Washington, which is located at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers.

The merchandise received and reshipped which passes through this post is immense, at times attaining the magnitude of more than 100 carloads daily. The facilities required to handle these shipments are extensive, including warehouses of sufficient number and size to cover many acres of land.

On Nov. 11th, 1942, Floyd was promoted to the position of First Lt. and as such had charge of the transit shipments of the Post, being designated as Officer In Charge Of The Transit Storage Branch of the Army.
Recently the entire Emmons family, 17 in number, had a gathering at the Clarence S. Emmons home on Candelaria Heights, in honor of Floyd and a young lady friend of Pasco.