MRS. ERNEST JUNE FLOYD STUBBS

PERRY – Mrs. Ernest June Floyd Stubbs passed away peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 16, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. She was 85. Visitation will be held on Monday, May 19, 2025, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Acree-Davis Funeral Home in Toccoa. Additionally, the family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the chapel at Watson-Hunt Funeral Home in Perry. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Perry Methodist Church with Reverend Billy Kimbrel officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Perry immediately following the service. Flowers will be gratefully accepted, or memorial contributions may be made to The Westfield School, 2005 U.S. Highway 41, Perry, GA 31069. Named for her father, June was the daughter of the late Ernest Noah Floyd and the late Lizzie Belle Fulghum Floyd. She was born on June 23, 1939, in Stephens County, Georgia. A 1957 graduate of Toccoa High School, June attended Furman University where she was a sister in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She earned a Batchelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 1961 and immediately began her teaching career at an elementary school in Atlanta. After teaching for five years, June moved to Perry in 1966 and taught at Perry Elementary School. She soon accepted a 3rd Grade teaching position at The Westfield School, from where she retired after thirty-six years of educating students and regularly sharing the word of God in a Christian school. The late Mayor Jim Worrall, Westfield’s first headmaster, shared at her retirement celebration that she was the first teacher he hired. June spent a total of forty-five years in education, something she was truly passionate about and proud to do. Through the years, the impact Mrs. Stubbs had on her students was immeasurable, and she was chosen and named STAR Teacher by several seniors upon their graduation from Westfield. Additionally, she was twice named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, nominated by a student of merit as a teacher who “Made a Difference” in the life of that student, and was acknowledged for her excellence as a “Distinguished Educator,” quite the honor for an elementary teacher. May 11, 2006, the day the Honorable June Stubbs retired, was set aside and known thereafter as June Stubbs Day in Perry, Georgia, proclaimed by the late Mayor James Worrall for her dedication to education which was most beneficial to her students, for her distinction to teaching, for her high degree of integrity and enthusiasm to her job as a classroom teacher, and for her promotion of the well-being of her community, not only as a member of the faculty, but also through her involvement in many civic and religious activities that helped to improve the quality of life in the City of Perry. As noted by her colleagues and friends, she always recognized some good in every growing child she taught every day, was truly a role model for everyone, and lived The Golden Rule every single day. On May 21, 1981, June became Mrs. Stubbs when she married the love of her life, Bill Stubbs. The couple enjoyed life together with other couples, in social settings and at church. Those were some of the happiest years of June’s life. However, her journey as a wife was cut short when Bill passed away unexpectedly from a sudden illness just sixteen short years later. While June was grief-stricken and heartbroken for many years, it was her delightful students who got her through the days with their enthusiasm for learning and their continued love for her, even long after they had left third grade. She always referred to former students as “her” student when greeting one. June’s involvement in Perry Methodist Church was distinct as most of the children there knew and recognized her as Miss Floyd, later known as Mrs. Stubbs. A long-time member of the church, June helped with Vacation Bible School and taught Sunday School in her younger days. After retirement, she was a devoted member of the IHS Sunday School Class and thoroughly enjoyed singing weekly in the Sanctuary Choir and the Joy Choir once she qualified. In 2022, it was evident that June could no longer thrive in Perry, and she chose to move back “home” to Toccoa to be near her family. She became a member of the Stephens County Retired Educators Association (SCREA), which brought her great joy, and attended monthly while she was able. Her family were her caregivers at home, as they promised her they would do. Great-nieces, Jessica Comeau and Tiffany McCurry, and Jessica's husband, Peter, worked around the clock to ensure June was comfortable and her every need was met. Though she never gave birth to children, she treated her niece, her nephew, their families, and every student she ever taught as if they were her own. However known to those who were touched by her, knew her, admired her, and/or loved her – June, Miss Floyd, or Mrs. Stubbs – she will be dearly missed. June was preceded in death by her parents; her loving and devoted husband of sixteen years, William Gordon “Bill” Stubbs, Jr.; her sisters, Jackie Lanier and Juanita Floyd; and her brother-in-law, Charlie Lanier. Left to cherish the memories they made with June are her loving and devoted niece, Debra Ramsey (Glenn) of Toccoa; her nephew whom she adored, Brion Lanier of Toccoa; four great-nieces and great-nephews and their families; and fourteen grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com or www.acree-davisfh.com. Acree-Davis Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements in Toccoa. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements and the burial in Perry.

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MRS. ERNEST JUNE FLOYD STUBBS

June 23, 1939 - May 16, 2025