To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under Heaven. This is the story of Floyd Junius Gulley; a son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend whom God in his infinite wisdom called home on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.

Floyd J. Gulley was born October 2, 1956, in Bluff City, Arkansas. He was the second of four children born to Willie and Murlean Gulley. Floyd accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior at an early age and became a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Bluff City. Floyd was a 1975 graduate of Prescott High School. While in high school he served as the manager for the high school football and track team.

Floyd’s love for history, geography, civics and Perry Mason influenced his decision to pursue a career with the FBI. Shortly after high school, he joined the FBI Training Academy in Washington DC, where he completed a course in forensic science and later became a skilled expert fingerprint examiner.

After working in DC for 12 years, he transferred to the Shelby County Bureau in Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked for one year before resigning and moving to Little Rock. While there, he later earned a certificate as a paralegal. Eventually, Floyd moved to Prescott to be closer to family.

He is preceded in death by his father, Willie Anthony Gulley Sr.; and a daughter in love, Sabrina Stevens.

His family who dearly loved him will sadly miss him. Left to cherish his memory on this earth is his loving mother, Murlean Gulley Brooks (Prescott); two brothers, Willie Anthony Gulley Jr. and Randolph (Roberta) Gulley (Prescott); two sisters, Darlene (Kenneth) Wiley (Prescott), and Jessica (Steve) Dixon (Montgomery, AL); as well as several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Services will be at The SPOT in Prescott on Friday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Joe F. King, eulogist. Interment will be at St. John Cemetery in Bluff City. Services entrusted to Williams Funeral Home of Arkadelphia.