Obituaries

Ben V. Floriani Jr.

Ben V. Floriani, Jr. age 68, of Lake Village, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. He was born May 12, 1942, in Lake Village, the son of the late Ben Floriani Sr. and Julia Scucchi Floriani. He was a graduate of LSU Banking School of the South and retired after 44 years from Simmons First Bank of Southeast Arkansas where he held positions of President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. He was also a U. S. Army Veteran and a communicant of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents Ben Sr. and Julia Floriani, a brother, Joe Floriani, a sister, Rose Mary Jenkins and a grandson, Cooper Floriani. Survivors are his wife, Ann Cantrell Floriani of Lake Village; two sons, Clayton Floriani of Memphis, Tenn. and Vince Floriani of Little Rock; a brother, Herbert Floriani of Oakland, Calif.; two sisters, Lena Sampolesi and Catherine Casali, both of Lake Village and four grandchildren, Ben IV, Grant, Mia and Edie Floriani. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 followed by Rosary at 6 p.m. at Bishop Funeral Home Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Isadore Cemetery under the direction of Bishop Funeral Home of Lake Village. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Village, St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital or Arkansas Childrens Hospital in Little Rock.

Published January 16, 2011

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