#17: Juanita Floyd - CREATE Foundation

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Juanita Gambrell Floyd is currently employed by CREATE Foundation as Senior Vice-President of Finance and Administration. Her responsibilities include managing all financial aspects of the operation of the Foundation and the oversight of assets. She has been employed with the Foundation for over 38 years. On her 20th Anniversary with CREATE, the Foundation established the Bernice Gambrell Endowment Fund in the amount of $10,000 in honor of her mother and her 20 years of employment.

She is active in community affairs and serves on several Boards. In February 2020, she was extended the recognition of the Mississippi Senate for her career, inspiration, community involvement and life’s work. In August 2019, she was selected as one of Mississippi’s Most Influential African Americans. In January, 2016, she was highlighted on WTVA – for the Positively Mississippi segment featuring local heroes during Black History Month. In 2008, she was honored as the Tupelo Trailblazer of the Year.

Juanita is a graduate of Northeast Mississippi Community College and The University of Mississippi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. She is an active member of Jesus New Testament Holiness Church located in the Red Hill Community of Union County. She is the daughter of the late Frank and Bernice Gambrell of the Red Hill Community. She has one sister, Valerie; three brothers, Ray, Wade, and Frank. She is the proud parent of three children, Tyler, Taylor and Tyra, two grandsons, Andrew and Seven, and two granddaughters, Nova and Wynter.

For several years, Juanita has been an inspirational and motivational speaker. She is very passionate about her speaking. She has spoken to various civic, social, educational and church groups. In May 2017, she was the Commencement Speaker for Itawamba Community College and the Black History Speaker for Tupelo High School – one of the largest high schools in the state. She has been writing monthly for over 15 years as a Community Columnist for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. She has co-authored a children’s book called the “Summer of 1969”.

Her favorite quote (author unknown) is: I shall not pass this way but once, therefore any good that I can do, any kindness that I can show, Let me do it now! I shall not pass this way again! Her favorite passage of scripture is the entire chapter of Psalms 23.

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