CHARLES RIDGE FLOYD

1963-2022

Charles Ridge Floyd was born on February 5, 1963, to Norma Jean Hess Floyd and Rep. Paul Whitfield Floyd, Jr. in Houston, Texas. He left us all too soon on November 1, 2021. Ridge graduated from Waltrip High School, where he was a Ram Handler, and from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Communications. A performer since birth, Ridge started taking piano lessons when he was 18 months old. He joined the Singing Boys of Houston as a child and performed throughout Europe. Ridge toured the world as a classical concert pianist, served as Music Director at Camp Stewart and headed the Hill Country Children’s Choir at Camp Waldemar (both in Hunt, Texas). Ridge released three CDs of his compositions — Japonica, FM 1340 and Live at the Alamo — and was profiled on the Texas Country Reporter feature Piano

Across Texas. His artistry extended to landscape architecture, and through his company In the Garden, Ridge designed and installed some of the most stunning gardens in Texas. Friends and fans knew Ridge as wickedly funny, fiercely loyal, a musical prodigy and a living treasure. Ridge loved the Hill Country, Nurse Jean’s beef stroganoff, composing and performing his music, and making everything beautiful.

Music should whisper to your soul, stirring visual images like a brilliant garden blowing in the wind, color and emotion set to certain life-giving rhythms – C. Ridge Floyd A celebration of Ridge’s life will be held at St. Philip Presbyterian, 4807 San Felipe Street in Houston at 11:00 am on March 25, 2022.

Those attending are asked to bring a new pair of socks for collection and donation to displaced individuals, just as Ridge had done on his own throughout Houston. In lieu of sending flowers, please consider a donation to your local shelter. Ridge is survived by his brother James M. Floyd and his niece Lyla Kathleen Floyd and nephew Harris Edison Floyd. Ridge’s parents and older brother Paul W. “Chip” Floyd III predeceased him.