Hero of the Week: June 6, 2019 – Floyd Martin

Darlene Heckman
June 3, 2019

Floyd Martin retires after nearly 35 years as a mailman.

Floyd graduated from Marietta High School in 1975 and took the postal service test a few years later. By the time they got in touch he already had a job at a bank, but the USPS offered to double his pay. “I was like, OK when you do want me to start?”

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