| Interviewee | FLOYD, John B. (b. 1916) |
| Professions | Owner and president |
| Employers | Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Homes, Inc. |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0072 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Owner and president, Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Homes, Inc., Denton, Texas. Family background; description of Denton, 1920s; employment as taxi cab driver for Dixie Motor Company, 1935; effects of Depression in Denton; employment in grandfather’s furniture store, 1937; employment with Schmitz’s funeral Home, 1938; description of embalming process and ambulance service; departure of Jack Schmitz from company, 1947; geographical areas served by funeral home; discussion of area cemeteries; description of personnel and financing of business; views on advertising; discussion of legal requirements for burial operation; views on advantages of operating family business; comments on funeral expenses; civic activities. |
| Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 62 pp. plus documents (7 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
