Flood, Roy M.

1941 - 2021

Roy Marshall Flood, passed away peacefully at his home in Westerville, Ohio, on

September 10, 2021.

Roy was born in Chicago,

Illinois, March 27, 1941.

His family later moved to Southern California in 1946 where he was a 1959 graduate of Earl Warren

High School in Downey,

CA. In 1960 while enrolled at Fullerton College he started his grocery career

Supermarkets. In 1965 Roy was drafted by the US Army and served in Vietnam in 1966-67. After serving his country, Roy returned to Thriftimart as a store manager while earning two degrees in business and marketing from Mt. San

Antonio College. In 1977,

Roy moved to Syracuse, NY with P&C Supermarkets as a district manager and worked his way to Senior

Vice President of Sales and

Merchandising. Moving again in 1990 to Columbus,

Ohio serving at Big Bear

Supermarkets as Executive

Vice President of Sales and

Merchandising. Roy was then called back to P&C

Supermarkets to serve as

President. He finished his career at Big Bear Supermarkets

as President and retired in 1998. Roy never knew a stranger and had many friends he enjoyed teasing. He enjoyed spending and grandchildren, fishing, golfing, cooking and had a deep passion for his yard and flower gardens. Roy is predeceased by his parents

Raymond and Leutesia “Tish” (Martin) and stepson

Paul Huson. Roy is survived by Donnette Beatty, his wife of 55 years; stepdaughter,

Pamela Huson; children; daughter, Tori Metzger (John); son, Gordon Flood (Tammy); grandchildren,

Mathew, Emily, Kyle, Alexis and Timothy; siblings,

Bruce, Patricia and Jeannie.

Friends may call Tuesday,

September 14, 2021, from 5-7PM followed by service at the MORELAND FUNERAL

HOME, 55 E. Schrock

Rd., Westerville, Ohio. Expression

of sympathy may be made in whichever ways you wish; it was Roys wish that any memorial tributes be made in the form of charitable donations to The