Floyd Trammel

Service for Floyd Trammel, 67, Tyler, will be Sunday, November 25, 2007, 1:30 PM at Friendly Baptist Church with Bro. Dale Perry, Bro. Milton Gardner, and Bro. Pat Alvey officiating. Burial will follow at Cathedral In The Pines Cemetery under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mr. Trammel was born on November 17, 1940 in Graham, TX to the late Floyd L. Trammel and Leona G. (Cole) Trammel and passed away on November 21, 2007 at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Floyd was raised in Graham then moved to Arlington where he lived most of his younger years. He later graduated from Arlington High School and then from the University of Texas in Arlington with a degree in Horticulture. He was partnered with his brother Bill in Trammel Nursery, Inc in Arlington before moving to Tyler in 1972. He bought 40 acres of land on Hwy 271 North and started Tram-Tex Nursery, Inc.. This is where he and his wife Bonnie grew 270 varieties of containerized ornamental plants and was later recognized as one of the largest growers of container plants in the nursery-rich Tyler area with their two biggest cash crops being Nandina 'Gulfstream' and Loropetalum 'Purple Passion'. Floyd was a founding member of Northeast Texas Nursery Growers Association and was on the Board of Directors Texas Nursery and Landscape Association, American Association of Nurserymen, the Southern Nursery Association, the International Plant Propagators Society Agriland, and the Farm Bureau. He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Truett Trammel and William "Bill" Trammel. Floyd is survived by his wife of 48 yrs, Bonnie Trammel of Tyler; son, Mark Trammel and wife Julie of Longview; daughters, Cynthia Trammel-Jones and husband Jeffry of Tyler and Amy Trammel of Dallas; grandchildren, Matthew Trammel, Joshua Trammel, Faith Ann Trammel, Harrison Reese Jones, and Declan Jones; sister, Barbara Bryant and husband Arlon of Doraville, GA; brother, Jimmy Trammel and wife Judy of Giddings; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jack Corley, Wayne White, Tommy Boyd, Kenneth Hicks, Bob Cartwright, and Monty Newman. Honorary Pallbearers will be the employees of Tram-Tex Nursery, Inc. Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2007 from 6pm - 8pm at Stewart Family Funeral Home. Memorials in honor of Mr. Floyd Trammel may be made to Friendly Baptist Church, 1903 E. Front, Tyler, 75702. For more information or to express condolences, visit www.stewartfamilyfuneral.com.

Floyd Trammel

November 17, 1940 - November 21, 2007